The correct way to react to being mistaken for someone else will depend on the other person’s behavior. It is an embarrassing ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: In 2011, I had weight loss surgery. It was very successful, and I’ve managed to keep the weight off. Of course, a lot of people think I “took the easy way” to lose weight, but ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I discovered what looked like a batch of pruned vines in my backyard. There is some ivy that grows on the walls shared by several of us in proximity, and it appears the neighbors ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a 37-year-old woman who has never been engaged, married or had children. I’ll be graduating soon, and am not sure which title, Miss or Ms., to use for my graduation ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Throughout our 54 years together, my husband and I have lived in, and traveled to, many countries, both for pleasure and business. Now, in our dotage, we enjoy cruising because it ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: In the era of selfies, I’m as guilty as anyone of holding my phone out and snapping a photo of my spouse and me in front of some interesting feature. Those photos stay on my phone, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a 37-year-old woman who has never been engaged, married or had children. I’ll be graduating soon, and am not sure which title, Miss or Ms., to use for my graduation ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Suppose Miss Jones marries Mr. Smith and decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. She is still deserving of the married honorific, is she not? Is “Mr. Smith and Mrs.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a 37-year-old woman who has never been engaged, married or had children. I’ll be graduating soon, and am not sure which title, Miss or Ms., to use for my graduation ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work in an upscale office building in the downtown core. Our building is supposed to be solicitor-free, but on occasion we get walk-in solicitors, companies trying to sell their ...