A first impression can last a lifetime. How people come into your house is the same way they will leave it. People with ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, gentlereader@missmanners.com; ...

But showing disdain for those who take it seriously by openly expressing your apathy is where Miss Manners — and your friend ...

Americans and Brits are famously "divided by a common language" — and when it comes to etiquette, the cultural gap runs even ...

When you call Carol Rey, CEO and founder of the Elite School of Etiquette, you may get her voicemail, which ends with the ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone's relative complaining about uncomfortable ...

Miss Manners need not be reminded that one should make one’s guests comfortable. But there are limits. And there is an equal ...

I hosted a relative over the winter. While in my home, she complained about my furniture being uncomfortable, and wanted me to purchase at least a few pieces in which she could sit comfortably. There ...

There were many ways in which I accommodated her, but ... was I wrong for refusing to purchase additional furniture for her?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My child’s school is having a staff appreciation week, which isn’t a bad idea, given the effort they put ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it acceptable to place a small evening clutch on the table while dining out? Often, the restaurant chairs have open backs, so if I place the clutch behind me, it falls to the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it acceptable to place a small evening clutch on the table while dining out? Often, the restaurant chairs have open backs, so if I place the clutch behind me, it falls to the ...