GENTLE READER: Fill or clear any empty receptacle, in which category Miss Manners includes the guests. So if Uncle Lance is lingering by the dessert table, hoping for something more, swoop him up and ...

Miss Manners need not be reminded that one should make one’s guests comfortable. But there are limits. And there is an equal ...

Dear Miss Manners: My fiancé and I have chosen not to register for gifts. Not only do we wish to do what is proper, but we already live together in a tiny apartment and have neither the need nor the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a dear friend who occasionally attends functions with me where food is available -- usually ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One co-worker likes to host office parties with themed potlucks. She will suggest a dish that she will ...

Since the point of the potluck is to share, it feels unseemly to count exact portions. (Perhaps the families do not eat or ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a woman's brother-in-law refusing to sleep in her ...

Dear Miss Manners: A friend, who professes to love me ... He went to take a shower in my guest bath, and apparently the shower did not work well. He screamed and yelled at the top of his lungs ...

Dear Miss Manners: I love scrapbooking and physical photo albums, and I have several proudly displayed on a shelf in my living room. We love to entertain, and while guests usually see the albums ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When hosting a cocktail hour, how does the hostess gracefully navigate the quantity of food served? For example, if the cheese platter is reduced to a few bites, should the ...