GENTLE READER: Your confidence that you are not required to reciprocate in your apartment, though technically correct, ...

A gracious letter, paired with a token present that shows you pay attention to their style, is perfect. Other than that, Miss ...

Eugene and Dan Levy, the 'Schitt's Creek' stars and first father-son duo to host the event, opened the 2024 Emmy Awards with ...

While one is not absolutely required to reciprocate in kind, some form of reciprocation to hospitality is only polite. Miss Manners agrees that you are not required to chase them down the street ...

Dear Miss Manners: I live near a university ... What is the correct etiquette for overnight or multiday visits? Kind people who are in the position of making such offers are not in it for the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it considered necessary to write ... serious letters that do not require printed embellishments of any kind. It is peculiar to think that a mass stamped expression ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I will be hosting a family gathering for our kids and grandkids. On top of having many people to feed, there are my (medically dictated) dietary restrictions to ...

And manners may count for something because four ... re not polite but more functional when talking to a robot of some kind—they ask and expect answers but won’t add a please or thanks typically.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper way to eat cherries with pits? Cutting them up to remove the pits seems excessive, but just spitting out the pits into a napkin doesn’t seem proper ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Fifteen minutes after arriving at ... could be heard down the hall talking for the next 45 minutes. This kind of thing seems to happen rather often. Am I alone in viewing ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I loathe dogs, but I live in a dog-lover’s paradise. How can I let neighbors and strangers know that I don’t want to pet their dog or let it sniff me? “I’m allergic ...