I have a dear friend who occasionally attends functions with me where food is available – usually breakfasts. She invariably takes an item (a bagel, muffin or cookie, say), breaks off the amount she ...

"I have a friend who invariably takes a food item, breaks off what she wants and puts the remainder back on the serving ...

GENTLE READER: Here is another argument against inviting the extended family to a graduation: Graduation ceremonies can be ...

GENTLE READER: Fill or clear any empty receptacle, in which category Miss Manners includes the guests. So if Uncle Lance is ...

Table manners have definitely not gone out of style,” says Diane Gottsman, author of “Modern Etiquette for a Better Life,” and founder of the Protocol School of Texas. Following are several examples ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend of mine has been keeping in touch with me by sending text messages that contain one sentence only: “How are you, Jen?” He never shares anything about himself ...

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Poor visibility, brought about by dense fog, forced pilots to land helicopters on Tuesday morning amid their efforts to extinguish a 3 000-hectare blaze on the South Peninsula side of Table Mountain ...

But at the table, they may gently say, “I’m putting food talk off limits.” Miss Manners’ guess is that the guests will be relieved to eat -- or not eat -- in peace.

A recent example was demonstrated through the President’s Easter Holiday message, posted to Truth Social, extending his well-wishes to the “Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming ...

Dear Miss Manners: I worked with someone who ... issues that precluded me from attending. Would an example be putting up with bad behavior from a colleague for years without resolving it, and ...