Letter writer noticed that even the most basic table manners are ignored. Dear Miss Manners: When I was growing up, my mother ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether table manners are outdated.

basic things like: wait till everyone is seated before starting to eat; don’t use your fingers; ask to be excused before ...

A reader wonders if proper table manners are outdated, lamenting that many people weren’t taught basic dining etiquette like ...

In reality, instruction in table manners was incidental to the main lesson, which was how to exchange ideas, frame a polite ...

When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners ...

When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners ...

In the south, we are known for minding our P’s and Q’s– but for Mary Bourg Chauvin, founder of the Etiquette Center of the ...

In the south, we are known for minding our P’s and Q’s– but for Mary Bourg Chauvin, good manners aren’t just something to ...

Several of the old-school habits people used to teach their kids but many have now forgotten about actually made those who ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother's pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...