GENTLE READER: After 50 years, you might let things be. Miss Manners can understand your having waited to be certain your new ...

Dear Miss Manners: The first time my friend left me waiting for her for an hour when we had plans to meet for lunch, I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When cutting meat at the dinner table, my wife of nearly 50 years ... The genuine infraction is that all the people who know it is a lie continue to repeat it.