Dear Miss Manners: I am hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year for about 25 people. Most are traveling in from out of town. I ...

I realize the couple sees this as “their special day,” but as they are on display at the head table, this show of luxury is ...

Miss Manners is aware that many people prefer the pay-as-you-go method. Some hosts do, too, to the point of assigning ...

Guests would rather make nuisances of themselves than show up, as it is described, “empty-handed.” Yes, it is admirable to ...

You know the baffling “rule” that forbids anyone, even guests, from using guest towels -- items that seem to have achieved a ...

But there has to be an opt-out clause for the many who, like you, have told Miss Manners that they try in vain to discourage ...

There are only so many things you can bring to Thanksgiving dinner that you can also bring on a plane (maybe a box of ...

Guests would rather make nuisances of themselves than show up, as it is described, “empty-handed.” Yes, it is admirable to ...

A reader is tired of being called a “neat freak” and wants to know a polite response; a parent wants her young daughter to ...

You know the baffling “rule” that forbids anyone, even guests, from using guest towels -- items that seem to have achieved a ...

Robert Arthur Manners was born Aug. 29, 1955, in Cleveland, Texas, to his parents, Pierce and Patricia Manners. Robert ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...