Miss Manners does not usually condone deconstructing food in public, but these are desperate times. Use your chopsticks to ...

Their daughter just bought a home and wants to host Thanksgiving this year. Dear Miss Manners: While acknowledging gratitude ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After a meal at a restaurant, my mother is in the habit of vigorously rubbing both of her hands with one ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to declining invitations and what to say when you ...

I lifted pastry to lips using my fingers and held each successively smaller remainder until all was consumed.” ...

Dear Miss Manners: I am one of a group of friends who have known each other for 30+ years, from early middle age into what ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I occasionally enjoy having lunch at a restaurant with a group of longtime friends. All is well until the time comes when they want to take a group photo, which, of course, gets ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My ex-husband and I have been divorced for over 20 years. Neither of us has remarried. Miss Manners: They mistake me for this other person, then act like I’m trying to trick them ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I occasionally enjoy having lunch at a restaurant with a group of longtime friends. All is well until the time comes when they want to take a group photo, which, of course, gets ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I occasionally enjoy having lunch at a restaurant with a group of longtime friends. All is well until the time comes when they want to take a group photo, which, of course, gets ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have now been to three (!) weddings where I found out that the couple was already married, and just going through the motions. The first was a couple who had gotten legally ...

The excruciatingly correct Judith Martin, who writes the syndicated "Miss Manners" etiquette advice column (and has penned a number of books, besides) has been a favorite of mine... The excruciatingly ...