I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...

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I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I were attending a college production of “HMS Pinafore.” A student was sitting directly in ...

An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food. Dear Miss ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...

GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who finds it offensive that their daughter ...

I initially declined to attend, but when her guest list grew too large for her planned venue, I agreed to allow her to use my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...