DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are holding a celebration of life for my 28-year-old son at an airplane hangar. I’m saying “Wear anything!” because we want it to be about celebrating his life more ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it bad manners to wear a wireless earpiece at church during the sermon? GENTLE READER: It depends. Is it being used to amplify the sermon -- or drown it out? Either way ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A while back, a colleague of mine said that he and his wife would like to invite me to dinner at their home. Miss Manners: My friend won’t answer the phone. What should I do now?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While I was 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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are holding a celebration of life for my 28-year-old son at an airplane hangar. I’m saying “Wear anything!” because we want it to be about celebrating his life more ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and non-physician staff in the hospital where I work. Even out in public ...

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: I’m a university professor and a woman in her early 30s. I was attending a talk and arrived late. The only place to sit was a small couch, big enough to seat two (or perhaps ...

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 ...

Miss Manners: I was stuck in a room with this distressing woman Miss Manners: My friend won’t answer the phone. What should I do now? Miss Manners: It’s not really a funeral. Is it OK for me ...

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 elderly parents and I seldom talk or visit, per my father’s wishes. I am the older of their two children, and was always the dependable, devoted daughter. Seven years ago ...