Miss Manners: They say I look like this actress, and I don’t think it’s a compliment Plus: Can a host impose rules on other people’s children?

Miss Manners: Can I tell the other team’s snarky soccer parents to sit somewhere else? They refused to stay on their own side and tried to pick a fight ...

Miss Manners: Should I risk insulting my neighbor by being blunt about her dog? Plus: The whole truth is that our friends' food made us sick ...

Miss Manners: I found an expensive bracelet. Are there rules about what I can do with it? It’s been weeks and nobody has claimed it ...

Miss Manners: Sports parents behaving badly Parents of opposing soccer team break unspoken rule about where the teams’ supporters sit.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughters play competitive soccer. It is understood, and often in the rule book, that the parents of one team sit on one side of the field and the parents of the other team ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been the same weight my whole adult life, and I am very uncomfortable with comments about my body. I have several relatives who like to say “You’ve lost weight ...

Life & Culture Miss Manners: Was I being a jerk when I gave my thoughts on stepson’s newest novel? Published: Jul. 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

Dear Miss Manners: Too often for my comfort, I find myself at the bottom of a staircase, escorting a woman upstairs. My instinct is to let the woman go first, but the unfortunate result is that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Too often for my comfort, I find myself at the bottom of a staircase, escorting a woman upstairs. My instinct is to let the woman go first, but the unfortunate result is that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When we have a large family dinner, between 10 and 21 people, there is one child whose parents allow her to be on her tablet, with volume on high. She comes into the house ...