GENTLE READER: You may be right that your relative’s comment is a subtle complaint at the suspension of gifts, but if so, it ...

Daughter is having a ninth birthday party and wants to exclude her friend who is also her neighbor. Dear Miss Manners: My ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling a relative who notices the absence of ...

It seems, however, that NO ONE does this. (They) stand there blocking the door ... as if there is no solution to the ...

GENTLE READER: It would indeed be easier if people stepped off the bus, but Miss Manners fears that no one is going to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a Ph.D. student in a college town where the public bus also serves as the campus bus, and students ...

I want to respect my daughter’s right to choose her guests, but I don’t want to exclude Kiara from a party happening right ...

GENTLE READER: You may be right that your relative’s comment is a subtle complaint at the suspension of gifts, but if so, it ...

"Nine-year-olds are old enough to understand, but young enough to move on if they realize the point is settled." ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is turning 9 soon, and we will be having a small party with four of her closest friends. We ...

Is it polite to inquire ahead what she would like to drink? I don’t want to imply that I think she has to have alcohol ...

GENTLE READER: You may be right that your relative’s comment is a subtle complaint at the suspension of gifts, but if so, it ...