DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in downtown Houston and regularly walk through the underground network of tunnels to escape the ...

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Dear Miss Manners: Two years ago, I introduced my close, longtime friend, Nora, to Lauren, an acquaintance whose husband is ...

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“If the table has been made properly ... At the end of the meal, meanwhile, an unwritten rule remains that it is very bad manners to take the last morsel from a sharing plate without asking ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What are some polite, humble alternatives to “I may be wrong, but ...”? I find myself increasingly defaulting to this phrase when, as far as I can tell, I’m not wrong.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I often vacation at the beach and pick up several postcards with the full intent of sending them, but rarely get around to it. Is it bad etiquette to send them from home?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: This time of year, it often rains in the afternoon, and so I carry an umbrella with me. However, many people do not. On occasion, it will start raining when I am in a crowd ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What are some polite, humble alternatives to “I may be wrong, but ...”? I find myself increasingly defaulting to this phrase when, as far as I can tell, I’m not wrong.

Known as "fare la scarpetta," which translates to "make the little shoe," this method of sopping up sauce was considered bad ...