DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call centers do ...

A letter writer is bothered by a friend who keeps agreeing to attend events, but then cancels to do something else.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is unsure how to properly eat oysters.

Your friends may be gainfully employed, but they are not what Miss Manners would call adults. Anyone who thinks they can get away with such behavior and still have friends has much maturing to do. The ...

When called “Bob,” I often feign surprise and say, “Oh! Do I know you personally?” When they say no, I reply, “When you ...

Dear Miss Manners: My friend and I both have baby girls: Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months. She has given me a ...

Last week, she dropped off three new hardback books ... But Miss Manners wonders why you would wait for your wife to write the letter of thanks. You can relieve her of some etiquette tasks ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to celebrate ...

Last week, she dropped off three new hardback books ... But Miss Manners wonders why you would wait for your wife to write the letter of thanks. You can relieve her of some etiquette tasks ...

Last week, she dropped off three new hardback books ... But Miss Manners wonders why you would wait for your wife to write the letter of thanks. You can relieve her of some etiquette tasks ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I were attending a college production of “HMS Pinafore.” A student was sitting directly in front of me wearing a white baseball cap. I could tell the hat was ...