I’ve been told that my reply was rude, and one lady even remarked that my parents might be better off the way things are.

I have responded by telling them politely that the issue is a private family matter, and that I prefer not to discuss it with ...

Celebrities including Chuck D and former co-star Sheryl Lee Ralph are sharing their memories of George Foreman after the legend's death.

That was a lot of it, but some of the scheming seemed wrong to me. They would start out in one defense and make a tweak that fixed it, but by the time they made the tweak, they'd fallen behind eight ...

I am regularly approached by well-intentioned acquaintances, urging me to mend fences with my grieving parents; I never know ...

Never mind that you, Miss Manners and probably your old family friends know you will not. The fact that you appear to be ...

Then, I realized she was still looking at my sleeve with an anxious, guilty expression, and she started brushing at the spot ...

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 ...

What I am left thinking is, should I have been more visibly upset, even angry, that she had damaged one of my nicer jackets?

GENTLE READER: She also could have lit your jacket on fire and burned down the music venue, swallowing the whole town along ...

After a stranger’s cigarette left a burn on his jacket, this man is confused about whether his reaction was appropriate; a ...

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 ...