Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, celebrates gratitude, renewal, and unity within the Muslim community. This festival ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How long should someone wait for a call to be returned? My friend and I talk frequently on the phone. Lately when I call, I get a text that says, “I’ll call you back.” ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are holding a celebration of life for my 28-year-old son at an airplane hangar. I’m saying “Wear anything!” because we want it to be about celebrating his life more ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My elderly parents and I seldom talk or visit, per my father’s wishes. I am the older of their two children, and was always the dependable, devoted daughter. Seven years ago ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it bad manners to wear a wireless earpiece at church during the sermon? GENTLE READER: It depends. Is it being used to amplify the sermon -- or drown it out? Either way ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A while back, a colleague of mine said that he and his wife would like to invite me to dinner at their home. Related Articles Miss Manners: One of the guests made everybody walk ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an employee of a state government. There are times when we employees are asked to donate cash toward a gift for a co-worker (on the occasion of a death, marriage ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Which is ruder: being ignored by someone who is constantly on their cellular telephone, or interrupting that person with a conversation without saying “excuse me”?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While staying at a lovely hotel, each morning before leaving my room, I would place $10 on the writing table for the maid. When I returned to my room the second day, I noticed ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been a vegetarian for 15 years. It never fails that once a fellow diner finds out this information, they immediately take it upon themselves to read aloud everything on ...

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: 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 ...