Miss Manners: How should I react when people do not respond to an invitation but show up for dinner?

I usually say simply, “What a nice surprise,” but I am then left to shuffle place cards, add settings (often unmatched) and ...
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12 table manners that used to matter—but don’t anymore

Table manners have always reflected social values, class structures, and practicality of their time. Many rules were created ...
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Today's Parents No Longer Teach Their Kids To Use These 11 Old-Fashioned Manners

Kids who don't learn good manners aren't just at risk of being rude, they may also suffer socially and professionally as adults. Teaching manners is a form of empathy training, and that's good for ...

Miss Manners: As they say, unexpected guests don’t get fish knives

I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed – china, crystal, linen, silver – that other relatives didn ...

Miss Manners: My co-workers act like slobs when we go to a restaurant

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, gentlereader@missmanners.com; ...

Miss Manners: An olive-eating etiquette blunder that has bothered me for decades

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Here’s a moment that has bothered me for decades. When I was an unworldly 20-something male visiting ...