Ordinarily, Miss Manners would advise you to treat this like the fundraiser it is -- that is, to accept only if you consider ...

There is no need to serve alcohol, but there is also no need to issue a warning, as if the guests were likely to smuggle it in. And forbidding presents while putting out a cash box makes it clear that ...

Ordinarily, Miss Manners would advise you to treat this like the fundraiser it is — that is, to accept only if you consider ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Too often for my comfort, I find myself at the bottom of a staircase, escorting a woman upstairs. My ...

Gentle Reader: The correct procedure is that the lady goes up the stairs first, and a gentleman keeps his salacious thoughts ...