GENTLE READER: No. And not just because etiquette and Miss Manners condemn it (black looks funereal at a wedding, and black ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Now that I’m widowed, I am eating breakfast out with friends more frequently. Eggs often need a little ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a very close friend I have known for a long time. I enjoy seeing her and her husband. However, whenever we go out to dinner, she always tells me to make the restaurant ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I went out to a newly opened restaurant for dinner. Toward the end of the meal, the waiter asked how things were. I replied that my meal (chicken Parmesan over spaghetti ...

Judith Martin, Miss Manners, is a syndicated advice columnist distributed by more than 200 newspapers in the United States ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a restaurant, if my food is served by someone other than my waiter and I need to request an additional or missing item (e.g., extra sauce or sour cream), do I make that request ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had not met the colleague or his wife prior to the dinner. The men promised ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a friend I have known for over 30 years and consider my best friend. She treated me to dinner at a very expensive restaurant, and as we were leaving, she smiled and showed me ...

Miss Manners: There’s nothing under his robe. Am I a prude because I keep my distance? Miss Manners: This is a real letter about staying in a house without a toilet Miss Manners: Should we invite them ...

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...