Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a ...

Miss Manners asks, "Why is it that your friends are dictating what time they show up at your house in the first place?" ...

"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless of marital status.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: All the bridesmaids for an upcoming wedding recently received a note from the bride’s mother stating that ...

I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked — no, told — to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate.

She decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. She is still deserving of the married honorific, is she not?

Bridesmaids are supposedly chosen because they are the dearest people to the bride. Why, then, are they considered ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the proper title for a married women who is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A car wash I patronize has two single-occupant washrooms, one labeled “Men,” the other “Ladies.” I had ...

Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a lady to be married, and that the title “Mrs.” reflects that.

For any gender, using the bathroom is an eyes-on-your-own-paper sort of activity. Smiling, eye contact and small talk should ...

Now that he’s well beyond retirement age, does the mannerly letter writer still have to give up his seat on public ...