DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Normally, ...

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

The men promised they wouldn’t talk shop, but they did -- throughout the entire meal. There was no inclusion of us women. I ...

Host who doesn’t drink wants to start cleaning up when husband and guests start getting drunk during dinner parties.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had ...

Of course, outside of simply being good table manners, adopting habits centered around giving back, helping people, and engaging in small acts of kindness, even if it’s at your family dinner ...

My wife and I have a disagreement about when a person should be allowed to get up from the table. We have an 8- month-old son whom we ...

In America, it is proper to keep the unused hand in one’s lap; in Europe, it is rested on the table. In neither part of the world is it polite to characterize others’ manners as rude. And Miss Manners ...

Parents know that children learn some lessons more quickly than others. Youngsters may be eager to learn lessons related to an extracurricular activity like dance or sports, but other lessons, ...