The people of Japan are polite, but what they consider polite and what you might consider polite at home are likely di ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every graduation season, my nonagenarian mother receives invitations to at least one graduation. (She has over 20 grandchildren.) Miss Manners: I don’t want to sound so curt ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every graduation season, my nonagenarian mother receives invitations to at least one graduation. (She has over 20 grandchildren.) Last year, she attended one college graduation ...

Electrified chopsticks that change the taste of food extended the winning streak of Japanese researchers for a satiric Ig Nobel Prize to 17 straight years. Hiromi Nakamura, a project associate ...

Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I have joined a fitness club. The policy of the gym is that members do not talk on their phones in the workout area. While there is very little of that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is a polite way to refuse a hug with friends or strangers? What to do when my proffered handshake is batted away and a hug pursued instead? Some men, especially ...

Dear Miss Manners: What is a polite way to refuse a hug with friends or strangers? What to do when my proffered handshake is batted away and a hug pursued instead? Some men, especially ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have developmental prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, and cannot recognize any human faces. I work remotely in a profession that does not require me to interact directly with ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We were out to dinner with another couple, and my wife became horrified when I took the final sip of my cocktail, along with an ice cube, and then proceeded to return the ice ...