To make a family and household run smoothly, we all have guidelines and rules we have to follow. Some might not make total sense to everyone in the family, but being respectful and polite when asking ...

DEAR ABBY: I am in an online group with neighbors, but I have not been able to get out and meet some newer members in person. One person signs their posts in a language I don’t recognize, and I was ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My father passed several months ago, and I need a polite way to ask well-meaning relations to stop calling to check in on me. I have an extremely large extended family, but we are ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What are some polite, humble alternatives to “I may be wrong, but ...”? I find myself increasingly defaulting to this phrase when, as far as I can tell, I’m not wrong. Usually the ...

Hotel workers deal with a lot of people every day … and a lot of personalities. It’s definitely not an easy job! You, as a kind and reasonable human being, understand this, so you do your best to be ...