DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Can you please publish a few short words on presenting a proper toast? Among millennials and Gen Z, the word “cheers” has become both a noun and a verb. I have heard “Let ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Sometimes people enthusiastically tell me something they think I don’t know, particularly about my areas of expertise. Saying “I already knew that” sounds condescending.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When walking or biking on a sidewalk or a trail, I often encounter three individuals walking or riding abreast. Instead of their moving to single file to let me pass ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hold an annual party, for which I hire a person to assist me in setting it up, maintaining the buffet and serving drinks. She has always done a great job. At the most recent ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a few old friends scattered around the country who will only talk on the phone if they’re actively doing something else. This leads to a variety of acoustic challenges ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: If we renewed the lovely fashion of wearing gloves, people wouldn’t have to fear catching germs from shaking hands or appearing rude for refusing. GENTLE READER: Why didn’t ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Can you please publish a few short words on presenting a proper toast? Among millennials and Gen Z, the word “cheers” has become both a noun and a verb: I have heard “Let ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I carry all of my weight in my belly. Since I’ve been 18, I’ve had to deal with people asking when I’m due or whether it’s a boy or a girl. It always makes me feel fat ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was in my office when I got an urge to go to the bathroom. I hate to do this at work, because I work in a converted townhouse where the bathrooms are just one toilet and one ...