DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister loves socks and buys only expensive ones. I was visiting her recently, and a favorite pair of her socks (gray wool embroidered with red raspberries and green leaves) went ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My (newly married) last name looks an awful lot like a certain four-letter word. It’s rarely used in English, but common in its native language. When someone new reads my name, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My adult daughters learned etiquette from me. It was passed down from my mother. Somewhere along the line, the old etiquette has been forgotten and new manners have been invented by ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: There is a lovely couple in their 30s in my community who have gone through fertility struggles. They have just posted an online campaign with the goal of raising money to go toward ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: If someone donates to an online campaign to finance an expensive, but potentially life-saving, surgery for an acquaintance, friend or family member, and then -- while the ...