Miss Manners agrees that ultimatums with friends can be awkward, but in this case, a time limit would have been helpful. Or ...

They understand ambition – and competition. If the family has a trust fund to draw on, good for them, because someone at some ...

She's concerned with how the cards are addressed. Miss Manners is concerned with maintaining a business-like relationship.

I believe that the envelopes should be addressed using a title. I have been informed by my husband that omitting it is friendlier.

Husband’s small business sends out holiday cards to clients without including their titles.

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

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 ...

I have a family member who has done well for herself. She and her partner are in their early 50s and never had kids. They ...

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." ...