While I don’t mind compliments about my clothes, I do mind the judgment that follows these supposedly thoughtful remarks.

Miss Manners is grateful for anything that stops people from becoming belligerent, which is what she gathers you mean by ...

One of them told my mother that her spiritual adviser said that turning down an invitation was insulting and hurtful and ...

One of them told my mother that her spiritual adviser said that turning down an invitation was insulting and hurtful and ...

Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I have joined a fitness club. The policy of the gym is that members do not talk on their ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I tell someone I am an engineer, they often ask what my degree is. My husband, also an engineer, ...

One of them told my mother that her spiritual adviser said that turning down an invitation was insulting and hurtful and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have joined a fitness club. The policy of the gym is that members do not talk on their ...

So instead of brooding, Miss Manners recommends explaining gently to your relatives that while your mother is gratified that ...

So instead of brooding, Miss Manners recommends explaining gently to your relatives that while your mother is gratified that ...

So instead of brooding, Miss Manners recommends explaining gently to your relatives that while your mother is gratified that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have joined a fitness club. The policy of the gym is that members do not talk on their ...