Miss Manners suggests a compromise. At the beginning of the party, tell your hosts that you hope they will forgive you in ...

The effectiveness of either, Miss Manners cannot promise. But if you suspect that those friends who claim they are “just not ...

Back in our boomer days, maintaining a respectful distance from others, especially strangers, was considered a basic tenet of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son and I have a gentle disagreement about the host’s responsibility at a dinner party or holiday table ...

Etiquette expert and founder of Elevate Etiquette Alison Cheperdak joined Good Day DC with some tips on setting a formal spring table this season.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to dinner party host duties dispute between mother ...

Table manners have definitely not gone out of style,” says Diane Gottsman, author of “Modern Etiquette for a Better Life,” ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been taking time off work to help care for my father, who has incurable cancer. To clients I don’t ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to a concert the other night. What’s the etiquette if the cup holder is in the armrest of everyone’s chair, including both end seats? Which cup holder does each person get? I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to a concert the other night. What’s the etiquette if the cup holder is in the armrest of everyone’s chair, including both end seats? Which cup holder does each person get? I ...

At one such dinner, my son whispered to me, “You’re being manipulative!” I said yes, I am doing my host duties.