DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live on a private lane of just five houses, each with large surrounding fields. After mowing my (perfectly dry) field, I went over to my neighbors’ to perform a courtesy mow of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was a single mom in my 40s with a preteen child. After eight years of not dating, I met a man through my CB radio community whom I took a good liking to. We spent eight months ...

An official manner of death for “Storage Wars” star Darrell Sheets has been released. The TV personality’s death was officially ruled a suicide, according to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Would you please ask everyone to avoid completing someone else’s sentence unless you’re a close friend of the speaker, understand the circumstances and know the context of what they ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper greeting when being introduced to someone? It used to be “How do you do,” but is that outdated now? GENTLE READER: Apparently it is, because Miss Manners notices ...

Miss Manners is reminded of the time a toddler of her acquaintance finally succeeded at toilet training, and her mother said, “Well, thank goodness.” To which the very young lady replied, “My pleasure ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My adult daughters learned etiquette from me. It was passed down from my mother. Somewhere along the line, the old etiquette has been forgotten and new manners have been invented by ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What are the two main subjects you should not discuss? GENTLE READER: There are three: Politics, religion and sex (including gender). If you think this restriction is outdated, you ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a music festival, where I wore pasties instead of a top. While there, I actually ran into a group of co-workers, who all had a good laugh at seeing me in such a state of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an RN, and I spent most of my 30-year career working at a community hospital near my home. It didn’t have the greatest reputation, but it had some great doctors and nurses, and ...

Dear Miss Manners: At a company holiday party, one of my colleagues decided not to partake of the wine that was offered. During a round of toasts, she was admonished — in a good-natured way — by ...

Dear Miss Manners: I am of Asian descent and have lived in the U.S. for about two-thirds of my life. My pet peeve is when people ask me where I am from. I politely reply with the name of my home state ...