At the end of the song, we stood up, said goodbye to our friend’s wife and waved to our friend on stage. The band then ...

GENTLE READER: Miss Manners generally agrees with you, but worries that the social disease of being unwilling to participate ...

A couple attended a friend’s concert at a local restaurant and made their exit right before the band played their last song ...

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

Was it right to leave and not be the last remaining guests, or would it have been better to stay until the new year was ...

A letter writer was invited to attend a college football game at a VIP box where the university’s president kept making ...

The guest at a college football game was insulted by a bigwig’s snobby comments; a reader is annoyed when she’s served a ...

I have noticed the phrase used more and more, as if this has always been the standard greeting -- which I am certain it has ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I will be throwing myself a 60th birthday party next year. The only gift I want is the presence of the family and friends I invite to the party. I intend to include “No gifts ...

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 ...

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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A young couple moved in next door. When they get mail addressed to the former occupant, they don’t contact her, even though she lives in the same small town (and runs a store ...