Judith Martin

Miss Manners: We didn’t have a registry, and I don’t know what to say about these wedding gifts

Miss Manners: My uncle faces a ban from the wedding over jokes he now denies making

Miss Manners: I want my former co-worker to cool it with the gifts to my sick wife

Miss Manners: My rich relatives are being annoyingly stingy to my fundraising request

Miss Manners: I made a wonderful change in my life, and my friends aren’t happy

Miss Manners: My partner is overly committed to the dog-related feud

Miss Manners: I’m ashamed to be seen with them in the movie theater

Miss Manners: So I’m not allowed to use a doctor’s first name?

Miss Manners: The chitchat before the video meeting has taken a bad turn

Miss Manners: They ridicule my nice clothes and grooming. Should I quit the group?

She literally shoved me aside and grabbed the ball.

I honestly thought it wasn’t required.

Miss Manners: My friend started a charity, and I’m dreading this conversation

My memory lapses aren’t really my fault.

Miss Manners: The wedding caterer scolded me. Was I in the wrong?

Miss Manners: Should I have let him change baby’s diaper on my brand-new sofa?

Miss Manners: I want her in my wedding party but my fiance has a problem with that

Plus: Is it OK to bring meat to a vegan’s house?

Miss Manners: There’s nothing wrong with me, I just loathe your dog

It feels like an insult to me, her host.