In today's column, Miss Manners addresses an all-to-common issue with someone who is worried about transmitting germs.

If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case ...

If I open my umbrella, then the rain that hits it falls onto the people next to me, most of whom do not have umbrellas.

I respond in a cordial, or at least a civil, way to friends and neighbors who ask me questions about my garden while I am ...

On occasion, it will start raining when I am in a crowd — at the ballpark, for example, or waiting for the light to change on ...

A letter writer is wondering if it’s selfish to use their umbrella in public places when others around them don’t have one to ...

I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few hours and the children ...

Shiver shares two daughters, Katherine, 35, and Christina, 33, and two sons, Patrick, 31, and Christopher, 27, with ...

As etiquette expert Philip Skypes explained, manners and etiquette are connected, but not exactly the same thing. Skypes revealed that "good manners [are] basically about courtesy, politeness ...

So, while it might be good manners to wait your turn before sharing what you want to say, people with ADHD tend to blurt out their ideas and interrupt others to avoid losing their train of thought.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My brother and I bought a home together some years ago (I’ve never married, and he is divorced). Christmas cards, invitations and whatnot meant for both of us often come ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My brother-in-law just informed us, very last-minute, that he’s coming to our house for Christmas. Whenever he visits, he sleeps until around 10. My husband and I have three ...