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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names ...

But if they are talking pleasantries, you may smile or laugh or add something and see if it takes. There is a good chance ...

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).

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My spouse and I received a substantial cash gift from my parents to celebrate our elopement. They ...

When I had my hair done, the stylist and her assistant spent the entire time talking over my head. There was no way I could ...

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Judith Martin better known by the pen name 'Miss Manners', is an American journalist, author, and etiquette authority. Since 1978 she has written an advice column, which is distributed three times ...

Martin, author of the ""Miss Manners"" columns and... Judith Martin, Author, Eric Denker, Other W. W. Norton & Company $24.95 (330p) ISBN 978-0-393-05932-8 In a good-natured guide for die-hard ...

Judith Martin's "Miss Manners" newspaper column - distributed thrice-weekly by *United Feature Syndicate* and carried in more than 200 newspapers in the US and abroad - has chronicled the continuous ...