Miss Manners: I don’t want my child’s birthday party to cost us our social status Miss Manners: Was our toast to this fellow diner the appropriate response? Miss Manners: Did my response make extra ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother's pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Tensions were riding high on the eve of my brother’s wedding, when I made the faux pas of mentioning his baldness at the dinner table. I mentioned that I, too, have male-pattern ...

You could recite some table etiquette rules in your sleep: Keep your elbows off the table. Place the napkin in your lap. Don't speak with your mouth full. But there are also some finer points of table ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While I have many friends, I enjoy traveling and dining by myself on occasion. When I ask for a table for one, the response is usually, “Are you all by yourself?” Or, “Are you ...

These days, the words "etiquette" and "manners" are used more or less interchangeably. Maybe etiquette is seen as a fancier set of manners -- the kind of fork-crossing, tea-stirring social cues you ...