DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please tell me the correct way to eat oysters. GENTLE READER: Do not believe those who advise you to swallow them whole. That is, unless you want your fellow diners grabbing you ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Maybe I’m the one lacking in manners for bringing this up, but: Are there etiquette norms for death notices? My pet peeve is when there is no indication given for the cause of ...

The EV comes a little late to the party, bringing a long range, comfort, and familiar controls. But there are some drawbacks.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young adult who bought a home in one of the highest-cost resort areas of the country – a purchase that strains me financially, but is well worth it. While I love my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are acquainted with an older couple, and the lady often “reminds” me that I am disabled. I believe she is simply reminding herself of my status in order to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I co-hosted a small luncheon with a few retired girlfriends. The other hostess, Doris, made the entree, and I took care of the appetizers and desserts. When she looked at my ...

It's quite another thing to have a vulgar mouth: publicly flinging around the F-word; expressing awe about a beloved (dead) ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A good friend of my daughter has invited her and a plus-one to a weekend of wedding events. My daughter’s boyfriend can’t go, and she wants me to go as her plus-one.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young adult who bought a home in one of the highest-cost resort areas of the country — a purchase that strains me financially, but is well worth it. While I love my ...

It's one thing to have the fancy-pants people say that Donald Trump has vulgar taste: gold-plated chairs that one commentator said "look like they belong at one of Saddam Hussein's ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...