Dear Miss Manners: I am curious what the etiquette is at a gathering when music is playing in a friend’s home on the voice-controlled device. Is it OK for a guest to speak directly to the device ...

But admittedly, I felt a little silly. Why was I using my best manners with a chatbot, whose day wouldn’t be altered in the slightest by whether or not I dealt in niceties? When I pulled around ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work as an usher at a popular field house that hosts a large number of sporting and entertainment events (concerts, comedy shows, etc.). One of the rules is that we are not ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My beloved and I are planning a small, intimate wedding. Rather than engage a printer, I am planning to handwrite letters to each invited guest, sharing the details of the ...

Miss Manners: I get vulnerable in front of a man, and then this happens Miss Manners: Don’t they know that work email isn’t private? Miss Manners: I just found out what my mother-in-law has ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: From the files of “good manners run amok,” is it ever impolite to be friendly? I work in a bustling environment where my sole 30-minute break is in a shared break room ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My teenage son had begun seeing a new neurologist, who is highly recommended and seems to be very skilled. We have had two appointments with this doctor, and both times ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I am invited to stay in someone’s home, and that home isn’t very clean, may I leave it cleaner than I found it? I assume that my hosts are already overwhelmed and I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a bridal shower where the bride-to-be asked for “no gifts, please.” Half the attendees showed up with gifts anyway, and the ones who honored her request and didn ...