GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...

Dear Miss Manners: I’ve been with my fiancé for 16 years. I have a good relationship with his mother, though I wouldn’t call ...

A reader who is uncomfortable with her recently widowed mother-in-law’s request to be called “mom” seeks alternatives and a ...

Miss Manners considers it the height of poor dinner guest behavior to solicit business. She suggests that next time he starts ...

Miss Manners considers it the height of poor dinner guest behavior to solicit business. She suggests that next time he starts ...

Everything you need to know about the Oklahoma native's 2025 single, released in celebration of his beloved Philadelphia ...

I’ve been with my fiance for 16 years. I have a good relationship with his mother, though I wouldn’t call us best friends.

GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...

Anyway, she’s been asking me to call her “Mom.” As I am extremely close to my own mother, I’m just not comfortable with this.

Why did the letter writer’s relative share what he discovered about their late aunt’s tragic past with the whole family?

GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am throwing a 50th birthday party for my spouse that will include lunch, games and an open bar, which ...