DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are a blended family. I invited our adult children to Thanksgiving. They responded by asking if “other people,” i.e. nonfamily members, might be there. I said possibly. They ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether guests can influence the invitation list ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are a blended family. I invited our adult children to Thanksgiving. They responded by asking if “other ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are a blended family. I invited our adult children to Thanksgiving. They responded by asking if “other ...

True, it specifically prohibited using the tablecloth to clean one’s teeth, and your dinner companion was at least not guilty of that. Nevertheless, the rule should be understood in a broader sense: ...

The woman sitting next to me pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t ...

General Washington, as he correctly wished to be called after his presidency, was a master etiquetteer. It was he who issued ...