GENTLE READER: After 50 years, you might let things be. Miss Manners can understand your having waited to be certain your new ...

When cutting meat at the dinner table, my wife of nearly 50 years holds her fork as though she’s stabbing someone. It ...

GENTLE READER: Ah, the old, “I wasn’t starting my dinner, I was just trying it.” The optics do not really distinguish between ...

Husband thinks the letter writer is being silly to worry about making breakfast when repair guys are working in the house.

GENTLE READER: After 50 years, you might let things be. Miss Manners can understand your having waited to be certain your new bride was not going to act on that violent impulse, but by now, she has ...

GENTLE READER: Ah, the old, “I wasn’t starting my dinner, I was just trying it.” The optics do not really distinguish between ...

Dear Miss Manners: The first time my friend ... He will insert another pouch after dinner but before dessert. When I clear the table, I find the pouches on his dinner plate as well as his dessert ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I frequently ... He will insert another pouch after dinner but before dessert. When I clear the table, I find the pouches on his dinner plate as well as his ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin offers solutions for a host who is faced with a friend's unsavory tobacco pouch habit at dinner.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When cutting meat at the dinner table, my wife of nearly 50 years ... Or should I just let it ride? GENTLE READER: After 50 years, you might let things be.