DEAR MISS MANNERS: Could you please educate us on the difference between a living room, sitting room, drawing room, saloon, library, lounge, parlor and boudoir? GENTLE READER: These distinctions have ...

Miss Manners, aka Judith Martin, has long been known as the voice of authority on all things etiquette. While what seems normal in today's society may be very different from what it was just a few ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have become friends with another couple over the past two years, and we frequently invite them for dinner. Lately, I’ve noticed that the husband leaves the toilet seat up after ...

Dear Miss Manners: As a teacher for the past 30 years, I have been fortunate to receive thoughtful gifts of thanks and appreciation from my students and their families during the holiday season and at ...

We learned not to put our elbows on the table, Kaylin Garcia says, and not to be disgusting. Kaylin clarifies: No potty talk at the table. That s just one etiquette lesson she and her fellow Fritz ...

I am a high-school junior looking forward to my first prom. One of my good friends told his good friend, who was organizing a prom group, to set me up with a blind date so I would be in their group.

With a written note, certainly a parent must stamp and address it, and perhaps hover over the child to inspire them to write.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I’m talking to someone who represents a company, I sometimes say something like, “This is the fourth time I have called you.” The representative nearly always replies with, ...

Dear Miss Manners • Next semester I will be abroad, living with a host family. There are some guidelines set up, like we cannot break things and must respect the curfew if our family sets one. But ...