In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling a relative who constantly brags about ...

GENTLE READER: Memorize this phrase and repeat it after every brag: “How nice FOR you.” For some reason, Miss Manners finds ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a family member who has done well for herself. She and her partner are in their early 50s and never ...

The wife shut me down immediately with something along the lines of, “I’d rather listen to what the men are talking about.” ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Médée” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions.

Obviously, eating before the performance is an option, but dining quickly in a Paris restaurant is easier said than done.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a friend, Nora, whom I have known since high school. She now lives in a nearby town, but too far to just make a visit for the day, so when we do get together, it requires ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When cutting meat at the dinner table, my wife of nearly 50 years holds her fork as though she’s stabbing someone. It apparently doesn’t embarrass her, but it makes me ...

Later, someone who had overheard this said that Miss Manners was due a Tony Award for delivering that line. [The letter above may have been prompted by a question to Miss Manners concerning a ...

Miss Manners: Those invited backstage must learn to navigate the tricky etiquette . ... Later, someone who had overheard this said that Miss Manners was due a Tony Award for delivering that line.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I saw a theatrical production that was written by, and starred, a friend of a friend. This person used to live in our city.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I saw a theatrical production that was written by, ... Later, someone who had overheard this said that Miss Manners was due a Tony Award for delivering that line.