DEAR EMPATHETIC: The proper etiquette would be to tell your friend Alma (with a smile) that unless she’s having pain that day ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Miss Manners’ answer is: Play dumb. After enough time has passed to allow everyone to recover their bearings, resume as ...

GENTLE READER: Back whenever engraving was invented, it would have been considered a breach of etiquette to use it instead of ...

After a heated exchange, he coldly got back in the car, drove more slowly, and never said another word for the rest of the ...

DEAR ABBY: I was married to a police officer for 20 years. It wasn’t a warm marriage. We divorced 20 years ago. Our one child is in his late 30s. I always put my son first and loved him with all my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to a concert the other night. What’s the etiquette if the cup holder is in the armrest of ...

GENTLE READER: Knowingly addressing the cards incorrectly is disrespectful towards the recipients. Telling you of her plan to do so is impertinent and picking a fight. Telling you she does not care ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS ... considered a breach of etiquette to use it instead of handwriting. And Miss Manners assures you that the hand still outranks the mechanical process, no matter how expensive. As ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

DEAR ABBY: My oldest daughter, “Alexa,” is breaking my heart. She’s engaged to a nice enough man she’s been with for five ...