The family members feel entitled to swan in and out, talk with each other and with her ... all while she works to prepare ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about paying the bill ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about a mistake they ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

This infuriated my fiance, and he is now dead-set against my uncle even being at our ... An apology would go a long way, but ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was traveling with my granddaughter and a group of other grandparents and kids. The trip included some ...

Dear Miss Manners: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My ...

This infuriated my fiance, and he is now dead-set against my uncle even being at ... don’t have a good response to these ...

The family sitting next to me at a restaurant had a child that shrieked the entire time. Is there anything I could have done about it?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a restaurant, I laid my credit card on the table to signal we were ready to pay. My daughter said that was discourteous and I should wait for the server to bring the bill.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often with this co-worker.) I told him that I felt it was inappropriate ...

These jokes were made on my blog, which another family member had shared with my uncle without my consent. For example, if I wrote that I was attending a party, my uncle would comment, “Make sure to ...