Even in nice restaurants, we watch ... to sign a card he was sending. I was confused by that. The proper thing to do is to write the words out — and Miss Manners is sorry to tell you, but ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When someone invites us to something (informally, impromptu, as in, “Can you come over for dinner Saturday?”), it is my natural instinct to say yes if I can -- and if I can ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was invited to a 30th birthday party for my best friend’s husband at a restaurant. We arrived ... “I’m sorry, I must have misunderstood. I thought you had invited ...