and you feel compelled to answer, “I’m no judge of such things.” Miss Manners ... in telling me their story, so I have to stay firm and cut them off. Am I being rude by hanging up, or ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS ... who is deceased when you were unaware of that fact. Second, the proper answer to a surviving spouse who tells you otherwise is, “I am so sorry for your loss.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I am invited to stay ... A good guest would do this so quietly that the hosts might even think that they had left things cleaner than they supposed. A bad one would make ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When is it acceptable to specify the ending time of an event? Generally, if I am inviting guests ... on the invitation is fine -- so long as you do not intend to enforce it.

If you buy through a BGR link ... screen time rejecting the resort’s security guard — who, by the way, is so bad at his job that he lets intruders sneak in and carelessly leaves a gun on ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My partner and I lived abroad for 12 years and have recently moved back to his hometown. He has a job, I am working as a temp, and we are struggling to find housing, so we have ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as ... GENTLE READER: Did you just now notice this inequity? Or have you always addressed your patients with titles ...

the proper answer to a surviving spouse who tells you otherwise is, “I am so sorry for your loss. We will, of course, immediately correct our records.” Please send your questions to Miss ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A while back, a colleague of mine said that he and his wife would like to invite me over for dinner at their home. The evening of the dinner, there was another guest, Chloe, a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an employee of a state government. There are times when we employees are asked to donate cash toward a gift for a co-worker (on the occasion of a death, marriage ...