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 ...

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

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

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.

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’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 ...

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 ...