GENTLE READER: It was another Gentle Reader who once came up with the polite way to handle this situation. The idea is to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: There is a lovely couple in their 30s in my community who have gone through fertility struggles. They have ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a large city and take public transportation almost daily. I am 80 years old. The busses and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a large city and take public transportation almost daily. I am 80 years old. The busses and ...

The bus drivers do nothing to enforce the rules, and we seniors are left trudging down the bus aisle while the people in the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a large city and take public transportation almost daily. I am 80 years old. The buses and ...

Not that Miss Manners considers having children a luxury. It should be available to all, but it is highly expensive, and the enormous cost of adoption fees (or fertility treatments) would be just the ...

Whether you do it in person or in a letter is up to you. But constantly bringing it up in meetings and office parties, ...

Two of this year’s most-hyped films are from British film-makers: Christopher Nolan’s swords-and-sandals epic The Odyssey in ...

Dear Miss Manners: I regret to tell you that, in the modern parlance, “You’re welcome” isn’t polite. It is currently more ...

Miss Manners has defended “No problem” and “No worries” from those who find them offensive, claiming that they suggest that a ...

The scrutiny of any future requests, Miss Manners believes, is what will really hurt him -- and the rest of your circle -- ...