The American color of mourning is black, although the code is only sporadically observed (except in cases of funerals for ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a bridal shower where the bride-to-be asked for “no gifts, please.” Half the attendees showed ...

Miss Manners suggests you apply this rule to your dinner parties. Tell your friend that you appreciate the input, but if they ...

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

Then, I realized she was still looking at my sleeve with an anxious, guilty expression, and she started brushing at the spot ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are holding a celebration ... Does a “celebration of life” require etiquette adjustments from a funeral, which it is increasingly replacing? Funerals used to be set ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a bridal shower where the bride-to-be asked for “no gifts, please.” Half the attendees showed ...

GENTLE READER: Although she resists making every etiquette problem into a medical question, Miss Manners is willing to make ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are holding a celebration ... Does a “celebration of life” require etiquette adjustments from a funeral, which it is increasingly replacing? Funerals used to be set ...