Is there any decorous way to acknowledge my failure to do so over the past few years and to express my regret? Or would that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My landlady is a kind and thoughtful woman. She goes out of her way to ensure the comfort and livelihood ...

However, while I am always -- always -- effusively grateful and do my best to show her the same considerations, I have never sent a thank-you note. I was simply never taught and am saddened to think I ...

We all know that a birthday deserves a celebratory acknowledgement, but many folks have trouble figuring out what to write in a birthday card other than the obvious 'happy birthday' phrase. Thankfully ...

I am including in this little corner of the paper … my little section of the world, a photograph. Not the best picture, by any means. But still, a moment captured of the three people who mean the very ...

If you’ve ever received a gift card you couldn’t use or found an old card with a few bucks left on it, you might have ...

Dear Miss Manners: I am the president of a social club that organizes activities for the LGBTQ community and allies. Our club ...

Both friends and family reached out, sent flowers, gifts, cards and offered to pick ... to “Perplexed Friend” is this: You ...

Dear Eric: I saw myself in an Asking Eric column from Nov. 5, 2024. “Perplexed Friend” was confused after he reached out to a ...

A reader is torn about the ashes of her husband’s first wife, which remain in her garage after 23 years; a widow remains ...

I have been married to my husband for 16 years and we have a wonderful, blended family. Our kids are now grown (ages 26-35).

Her ashes are in a box in our garage. Many times, over the years, they were going to spread her ashes somewhere, but it never fully happened. Some of the ashes were spread at various locations that ...