DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and ...

I'm not keen to (thank her children) for a bequest that was A. not of their generosity, and B. handled entirely by lawyers.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a doctor seeking guidance on the appropriate way ...

GENTLE READER: You do your late friend no honor by snubbing her children, at least one of whom she trusted enough to name as ...

GENTLE READER: You do your late friend no honor by snubbing her children, at least one of whom she trusted enough to name as her executor. Miss Manners hopes that you will express your condolences ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: On my daughter’s wedding day, the weather was perfect, as was the venue and all preparations. A few hours before the ceremony, the groom was arrested on an active warrant. (That’s ...

I apologized and told him that I do not carry cash ... GENTLE READER: There is no need to apologize or explain. Miss Manners presumes you don’t want the young man to show up at your house ...

As Miss Manners has pointed out, when people are friends, they either both have their clothes on or neither of them do. You could use the ploy of responding in kind, using your physician's given name.

You listen politely and take it from there -- elaborating on the subject, skipping the responses you have tried in the past. Miss Manners will not object if your taking up the conversation shows that ...

Big Ears Festival is taking over downtown Knoxville this weekend, with people coming from all over the world to visit. Here's ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Can you please publish a few ... are you in there?” “Yes. Why do you ask?” “Mr. Warren is on the phone.” (Well, obviously I couldn’t talk to a client from that ...