DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am the director of marketing and development for a nonprofit organization. My job is to raise money by recruiting both corporate sponsors and individual members. A woman has ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do I thank someone for a gift that I cannot use? For example: wine when I no longer drink; coffee when my husband roasts his own beans; candy when one is diabetic? I find if I ...

As social isolation grows and basic interactions with others become more sparse in our society, it’s not surprising that the traditional norms and manners that defined communication are dwindling.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very dear, lifelong friend received a life-changing inheritance. She then gave me her inherited luxury automobile. I don’t know how to stop saying “thank you.” How do you ...

Dear Miss Manners: I teach seventh grade in a suburban school. I have noticed an increasingly unsettling trend as I walk around the room to check on students: Nobody says “yes, please” or “no, thank ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I recently lost a significant amount of weight -- enough that I had to go buy all new clothes. I know a young lady who doesn’t have any money, and she is about the size I was before ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I read some of the questions sent to you, it is jarring when the writer includes financial information about someone else. They write things such as “... and they can well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: People want to feel loved and cherished. An invitation to share a meal in your home is a special example. So when dinner guests ask me what they can bring, I tell them something ...

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: 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: 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: I realize it’s an unpleasant world with unpleasant people who are going to say unpleasant things. But sometimes, you have to get down on their level in order for them to get the ...