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

Dear Miss Manners: Gifts used to be something one put thought into. Unlike some of your readers, I don’t mind wedding registries. I treat them as guides, not demands, and don’t feel ...

Miss Manners: The F-bombs were flying, and I didn’t know what to say to these hockey fans Miss Manners: I told the tiresome texter to cut it out, and he got mad GENTLE READER: “Well, these are ...

One of the mothers texted me separately not to include her in a text chain with people she does not know, and then exited the ...

Miss Manners suggests that next time you pick up the kids, you say, “All right, everyone. Here are the ground rules. Everyone says ‘hello’ when entering the car, and ‘goodbye and thank you ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My oldest child is about to turn 4, and we plan to invite other local children to celebrate. We live in a very small town where the custom seems to be to invite the entire ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m used to fielding “save the dates” for weddings. In those cases, they are a courtesy, allowing guests to plan for travel and time away from home.

Miss Manners: Grown kids solicit ‘spending money’ for parents’ cruise Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 8:00 p.m. Judith Martin, known as Miss Manners, answers a question about being asked for money ...

Miss Manners suggests only the courtesy of telling your brother-in-law that the children will be opening their presents at 7, if they can wait even that long, but that he is welcome to sleep in.

GENTLE READER: You are in charge.You get to make the rules. Miss Manners suggests that next time you pick up the kids, you say, “All right, everyone. Here are the ground rules.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son and his family live four hours away, and visit often with our two grandchildren. One rule I have is no food or drinks in the living room or bedrooms.

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