GENTLE READER: You found the questions rude because you believe that no self-respecting host would serve guests precooked ...

Last time, there were not enough capers in the sauce and it had no flavor. We once went to breakfast, and she returned ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have a very close friend I have known for a long time. I enjoy seeing her and her husband. However, ...

GENTLE READER: The rule is to invite anyone with whom you are friends outside of work. And that sounds to Miss Manners like ...

GENTLE READER: The rule is to invite anyone with whom you are friends outside of work. And that sounds to Miss Manners like ...

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

Gentle Reader: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

GENTLE READER: Thanksgiving being about expressing gratitude for what one has, Miss Manners cannot help noticing that the ...

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

However, it seems like other folks never got this same lesson. I frequently find that some well-intentioned guest will look ...

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader who wonders what to say if guests ask if ...