For instance, regarding guest behavior: When can one stop writing a frequently visited friend thank you notes? Her answer: Only when they appreciate being taken for granted. Though Miss Manners ...

Thank you for writing the big book called "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior," because I've been reading it. All of the foods you describe are indeed difficult to eat neatly ...

Judith Martin's Miss Manners newspaper column -- carried in more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad -- has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978.

In advice columnist Judith Martin’s book, “Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior,” a reader asks: “What is the proper way to eat potato chips?” Miss Manners replied ...

The occasion is the publication of the first book they’ve written together, “Miss Manners’ Guide to a Surprisingly ... is a crusader for “excruciatingly correct behavior” who frowns ...

and appears in a widely distributed newspaper column, in a variety of magazines, and the Internet. She is also the author of the new book, "Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior." ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When you find a friend’s behavior exhausting ... but it reveals the correct solution: Find an event or location that minimizes the annoyance. More practical possibilities ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I read, some time ago ... Is cutting food one piece at a time the correct behavior? Or is it acceptable, for example, to cut an entire steak into bite-sized pieces, then ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend asked for advice on how ... GENTLE READER: Being neighborly means managing behavior — and expectations — on both sides. If the phrasing of the initial meeting ...

GENTLE READER: “Proper audience behavior” is a topic of hot debate these days. The silence that both you and Miss Manners prefer dates only from the early 20th century. Before that ...

In advice columnist Judith Martin’s book, “Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior,” a reader asks: “What is the proper way to eat potato chips?” Miss Manners replied ...