Dear Amy: My friend “Jane” recently texted our group of girlfriends with information concerning another girlfriend, “Maggie.”
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Dear Amy: I received two college graduation notifications, and I am unsure what I should do.
Dear Amy: My older brother is getting married this summer, his second marriage. He practices a very conservative Christian belief and told me …
Dear Amy: Recently, our adult daughter “Clare” asked us for $4,000 to help her daughter attend an extremely expensive college ($75,000 a year)…
Dear Amy: One evening at a party about five months ago, I inadvertently witnessed a passionate kiss between the husband of the family giving t…
Dear Amy: My daughter is 33, living on her own, thriving in her career and in most aspects doing very well. She lives in a different city, so …
Dear Amy: I have this “thing” about needing to drive, no matter whose vehicle it is. I have to drive. Otherwise, I’m a nervous wreck.
Dear Amy: I’m from a small family (I have one brother), and while growing up, my two cousins (my aunt’s sons) were like brothers to me, we alw…
Dear Amy: I’m a 48-year-old woman. I’ve been told I look about 35.
Dear Amy: My in-laws are in town. They are staying at our apartment.
Dear Amy: My best friend recently attended her professional association’s top producers’ banquet.
Dear Amy: My spouse and I recently went to Egypt and Greece. Three days before we were to return home, we conducted COVID-19 self-tests, becau…
Dear Miss Manners: A friend has a job as a bartender and is working a lot of banquets right now. On the job, he wears a tuxedo, even if the ev…
Dear Amy: My first wife, “Stacey,” and I married young. She loved me. We had three children together.
Dear Amy: I have a 12-year-old daughter who belongs to a youth group at church. When she joined, the leaders asked for her cell number so they…
Dear Miss Manners: I am a part of a small, close-knit group of girlfriends. We were previously co-workers, but remained very close after we al…
Dear Amy: Recently my children and I were with my in-laws (their grandparents) at a crowded event where I relied on my father in-law to superv…
Dear Miss Manners: Last year, I planned a dinner with seven friends from junior and senior high school (we are all in our 50s now). At the din…
Dear Miss Manners: I’ve always had difficulty with making conversation and verbalizing my ideas. Even though I’ve worked in a management posit…
Waiting until everyone has something to eat was the polite thing to do.
Dear Miss Manners: My brother passed away and I found out about it from a nephew (not my brother’s son) who posted it on social media. I find …
Dear Miss Manners: I've understood from reading your work that asking for to-go boxes at restaurants is apparently considered rude. Could you …
When Ellery Brown was pregnant, she and her husband Johnny asked her aunt, a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa, for a list of suitable baby…
Dear Miss Manners: I was at a social event, and a dance teacher I have taken a few classes with was also attending as a guest. She came over t…