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

Advice columnist Judith Martin, with her tireless efforts to expand the understanding and exercise of etiquette, always has ...

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

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

We have a longtime friend, and now neighbor, who cannot consume food orally due to extensive cancer surgeries and treatments ...

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

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I go by a shortened version of my first name because I feel it suits me better than my full name. Even my parents started using the shortened name when I was a child ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a co-worker who sneezes a lot. When she does, someone is always quick to say “God bless you!” I did ...

Dear Miss Manners: One of my in-laws will wait for a person to finish speaking, then say something on a completely different subject. No “hmmm,” “interesting” or any other noncommittal ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had invited a group of friends and family to my home for Christmas dinner and a celebration: six adults and two young children. The problem was with one guest, who had been ...