DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an employee of a state government. There are times when we employees are asked to donate cash toward a gift for a co-worker (on the occasion of a death, marriage ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little too animated and lightly bumped into me. She apologized, and I politely ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My partner and I lived abroad for 12 years and have recently moved to his hometown. He has a job, I am working as a temp, and we are struggling to find housing, so we have been ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As I was leaving my local grocery store, a young man approached me and asked me to donate to a local high school baseball team. I apologized and told him that I do not carry cash.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been a vegetarian for 15 years. It never fails that once a fellow diner finds out this information, they immediately take it upon themselves to read aloud everything on ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a severe injury to a finger. It has since healed, but when I cook, I usually keep a bandage over the injury to protect the area. One night I made dinner for my husband and ...

Dear Miss Manners: The office where I work has about 20 people, half working in person and half remote. A young woman early in her career, who works remotely and is on several of the regular video ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was in my office when I got an urge to go to the bathroom. I hate to do this at work, because I work in a converted townhouse where the bathrooms are just one toilet and one ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” Miss Manners: The woman knew our dinner was a blind date, but I wasn’t told That includes both ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...