In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is unsure how to properly eat oysters.

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 ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a question about when it is appropriate to wear a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper response when a casual acquaintance tells you that they have been diagnosed with a very ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always ...

Last week, she dropped off three new hardback books ... But Miss Manners wonders why you would wait for your wife to write the letter of thanks. You can relieve her of some etiquette tasks ...

Miss Manners entirely agrees with you that an honest person does not bill for time that is not spent working. Nor does she ...

Dear Miss Manners: Our daughter is getting married ... My daughter doesn’t share the same etiquette as I do on certain things. She balked at our wanting to invite seven friends, but then I ...

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Maybe I’m the one lacking in manners for bringing this up, but: Are there etiquette norms for death notices? My pet peeve is when there is no indication given for the cause of ...

Asking Eric: Can I withhold my donation because the shelter didn’t plug my book? DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a restaurant, I laid my credit card on the table to signal we were ready to pay.