I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. GENTLE READER: Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme.

I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. GENTLE READER: Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme.

Miss Manners suggests that you keep the friendship away from overnight visits. Unless, of course, you want to act as hosts ...

Dear Miss Manners: We have some friends who live eight hours away, and they have been after us for the past few years to ...

I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme. Perhaps you can ...

Miss Manners suggests that you keep the friendship away from overnight visits. Unless, of course, you want to act as hosts ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A few years ago, I developed a gluten intolerance. While I am blessed that it isn’t full-blown celiac ...

We stopped at a fast-food restaurant to eat. It felt disrespectful to me that we were ... it does not necessarily make them ...

Miss Manners suggests that you keep the friendship away from overnight visits. Unless, of course, you want to act as hosts ...

I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. GENTLE READER: Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme.

GENTLE READER: It is a very different thing to live with someone -- even temporarily -- than just to know them socially. Your ...