Concerned about privacy for my daughter, I asked if the website was going to be public. She said it would be ...

Daughter’s name and photo included on a publicly accessible wedding website. Dear Miss Manners: My daughter was recently part ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter was recently part of a wedding party, acting as a flower girl for a relative of my ex-husband.

GENTLE READER: The privacy request, yes, she should have. The name change, no: If the rest of the family is using the short ...

My friend says that is bad manners. I say the opposite ... your friend’s niece’s baby shower. But asking for permission ...

Should the bride have honored my requests, both for the privacy of the website and the use of my daughter’s full name? Or did ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We received an online invitation to my relative’s 70th birthday: a surprise dinner and music at a nice restaurant. Included in the invite is a “suggested donation” amount ...

My wife says the polite thing for her to do is to anticipate his request by telling him he can bring a guest. I say we should ...

Miss Manners suggests, instead, that you write a kind note to the bride saying that the wedding looked beautiful and that Mary Ann had a wonderful time, but that if the bride could please double- ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was in a restaurant and the waiter ... Sometimes I do need extra napkins, but I prefer to ask for them myself. On the other hand, I appreciate when a waiter refills my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We received an online invitation to my relative’s 70th birthday: a surprise dinner and music at a nice ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was in a restaurant and the waiter ... Sometimes I do need extra napkins, but I prefer to ask for them myself. On the other hand, I appreciate when a waiter refills my ...