DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names of all 12 guests into the lanes (two lanes, six people at each).

GENTLE READER: Your confidence that you are not required to reciprocate in your apartment, though technically correct, ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have been friends for many years with a married couple and their adult son. They are very wealthy and ...

By doing so, she is telling her friends how much they need to spend and depriving them of the fun of choosing a special gift ...

My instinct is to return the item in a little bag with a note saying it isn’t mine. But somehow that feels rude, presumptuous ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I receive a lot of unwanted telephone calls from ... By the way, my cousin's father (my uncle, on my mother's side) was known to raise his fists to his wife and children. I did not ...

is a resurgence of the tenets of Miss Manners, who rues the decline of decorum in modern politics, noting, “Instead of civil conversation, discussion and debate, we have wholesale denunciations and ...

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DEAR ANNIE: My boyfriend and I have been talking about moving in together for a very long time. I became pregnant and had our ...

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I make an effort to ensure that the person I’m reaching out to is the appropriate person for my question; I send a focused, ...