Letter writer wants to avoid mishaps and doesn’t want to hug wedding guests during the receiving line. Dear Miss Manners: I ...

I’m going to be wed soon and plan to have a receiving line. This will be during the cocktail hour between the wedding and ...

GENTLE READER: Far in the past. Big white dresses have been the uniform for all brides for decades now. Whether previously ...

A reader doesn’t think her friend has the right to wear a white dress to her third wedding; a generous relative is giving up ...

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Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...

Although I’m not a doctor, last time I checked, only women get pregnant. There is no biological reality where a woman and her ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m going to be wed soon and plan to have a receiving line. This will be during the cocktail hour between the wedding and reception, while the venue is rearranged. Is there a ...

Miss Manners is not sorry ... dress as truthful or not about the body inside was astounding. People -- even wedding guests, who presumably liked the couple -- speculated about whether a particular ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I grew up in an era where it was customary to enclose a personal check in a greeting card as a gift. This ...

I’m looking for your advice on how to handle a recurring issue: people taking advantage of my kindness and my cooking skills.

it would come across as tacky for a wedding invitation to include, say, a Venmo link, but it would be rather convenient for all parties. GENTLE READER: It would be even more efficient for them to ask ...