A cartoon showed a turkey and a fortune teller hovering over the crystal ball. The fortune teller said, “I see you surrounded ...

Trains, coffeeshops and the homes of intimates who are similarly occupied seem to Miss Manners acceptable situations in which ...

You can tell a lot about someone by how they act in a restaurant. These seven habits quietly reveal when manners—or ...

Alone among the three of us, I lifted pastry to lips using my fingers and held each successively smaller remainder until all ...

Etiquette used to be a strict set of rules everyone followed, but times have changed. You might find some old manners a bit ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to sharing a table with a laptop user.

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

Dear Eric: My closest friend of many years has recently revealed the sad news that she has terminal cancer. She is one of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A genteel, proper tea at a traditional hotel requires one to sit demurely at a table too diminutive for ...

A genteel, proper tea at a traditional hotel requires one to sit demurely at a table too diminutive for any other posture, while awaiting the arrival of the scones, cream and jam. These are followed ...

My friends made their choices, placed pastries on plates and proceeded to dissect cream-filled puff pastries with fork and ...