DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m writing this on the 22nd of the month. My birthday was the 9th. My auntie and mum had lunch on the 19th, and auntie gave my mum a birthday card to pass along to me (with a gift ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you think about people who start scanning their items at grocery store self-checkouts and sending them down the belt before one has finished bagging one’s own items? I have ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter was married last June, and apparently she has not written her thank-you notes yet. She insists that she has a year to write them, and says that that’s what Miss Manners ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Have manners changed as to when someone can begin eating their meal? I grew up in a household that believed no one starts eating until everyone is served. My daughter-in-law thinks ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work in the wedding industry, and I have been rather flummoxed by a recent trend: It seems to have become the fashion for the bride and groom to order themselves a special meal, ...

Dear Miss Manners: My brother-in-law just informed us, very last-minute, that he’s coming to our house for Christmas. Whenever he visits, he sleeps until around 10. My husband and I have three ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am pregnant, and I’d like to host a coed party to celebrate it. Not a baby shower: I do not want any gifts, and I do not want anyone else to have to shoulder the burden of hosting ...