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I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Am I the one who is in the wrong here? When I invited several friends to dinner recently, I was shamed and ...

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 friends ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Throughout our 54 years together, my husband and I have lived in, and traveled to, many countries, both ...

A letter writer was annoyed when fellow tourists chastised others to remain quiet while they filmed scenery. Dear Miss Manners: I participated in a vintage train excursion. At several points in the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...

GENTLE READER: It would have been far more insulting, in Miss Manners’ estimation, to have only offered sugar-free foods ... people could disembark to take photos and videos.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper response when a casual acquaintance tells you that they have been diagnosed with a very ...

GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...

During one photo op, some enthusiasts beside ... GENTLE READER: It would have been far more insulting, in Miss Manners' estimation, to have only offered sugar-free foods. This would imply that ...