Miss Manners: Can a guest reprimand a dog in its own house? Plus: A stranger lent me an item I needed. What is the appropriate token of thanks?

Miss Manners: She keeps saying we need to go out and get crazy. I absolutely do not want to. Every time she brings it up, I get very uncomfortable ...

Miss Manners: Reminder: Your colleagues are not always your friends Boss informs the letter writer that co-workers often report on their behavior trying to get them in trouble.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Relative to the longstanding tradition of men proposing marriage to women, and in this day of slow (but hopefully inexorable) movement towards gender equity, I wonder if the ...

Dear Miss Manners: I work in an upscale office building in the downtown core. Our building is supposed to be solicitor-free, but on occasion we get walk-in solicitors, companies trying to sell ...

Life & Culture Miss Manners: Friends laughed it off when I suggested cutting back on my many volunteer projects Published: May. 28, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I attend our local university basketball games. Because he is hard of hearing, we are very conscious of the damage the excessively loud noise can do to one’s ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I would love your thoughts on how to respond firmly to these statements. 1. I have three well-behaved children, but when we go anywhere, people remark, “You have your hands ...

A reader is asked to officiate her friend’s wedding, but she doesn’t care for the groom; a married couple is at odds over whose parents get to stay in their house.

Miss Manners: They have parties for everything — and all of them require gifts Plus: What do I call a no-gift party to celebrate my pregnancy?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was invited by a friend who works in our state’s governor’s office to attend a college football game in the university president’s box. Related Articles Miss Manners: Am ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a pet-owner needing advice and uncertain if Miss Manners is a real person!