GENTLE READER: Your confidence that you are not required to reciprocate in your apartment, though technically correct, ...

A gracious letter, paired with a token present that shows you pay attention to their style, is perfect. Other than that, Miss ...

OPINION — Judith Martin is among my favorite American newspaper columnists. She is best known by her nom de plume, Miss ...

Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin. I am a young woman who was brought up by my parents to bring or send a gift to my host when I have been invited for a meal or a ...

Actress Eileen Fulton ("As The World Turns") is 91. Animator Don Bluth is 87. Etiquette expert Judith Martin ("Miss Manners") is 86. Actress Barbara Bain (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 93. Actress ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names ...

But if they are talking pleasantries, you may smile or laugh or add something and see if it takes. There is a good chance ...

Do we have to invite them to join us at a restaurant at some point? If so, may we try to “dilute” them by inviting others?

When I had my hair done, the stylist and her assistant spent the entire time talking over my head. There was no way I could ...

At a bowling party for my 40th birthday, my dad brought his girlfriend. It didn’t take her long to try to take over the whole ...