If you live on a mountaintop by yourself, it’s not necessary. I make a distinction between manners and etiquette—manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband is dying ... But it won’t be particularly enjoyable for the adults to eat. Would it be OK to show up with an extra homemade dessert and just say I had the time ...

What’s the magic word? According to a new study of American etiquette, it’s no longer “please.” After combing through recordings of 1,000 different people interacting with loved ones, colleagues and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My beloved and I are planning a small, intimate wedding. Rather than engage a printer, I am planning to handwrite letters to each invited guest, sharing the details of the ...