A parent wants to help their private chef daughter find a way to tune out distracting clients while she cooks.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about a mistake they ...

However well-meaning this family is, Miss Manners can understand that it creates a nuisance for your daughter, who is trying ...

The family members feel entitled to swan in and out, talk with each other and with her ... all while she works to prepare ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who wants to help their daughter who is a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do I have to host my in-laws for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? We all rotate who hosts, and it is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was active-duty military, eligible to shop in the commissary, where goods were somewhat less expensive than at a civilian market. My pay was also less than the equivalent ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often with this co-worker.) I told him that I felt it was inappropriate ...