In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling uninvited plus-ones at family gatherings.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sent out party invitations that included my grandnephew. He RSVP’d that he would be attending, along ...

This diner isn't really into ordering food and thinks they're better off just letting someone who works there decide. Is that ...

A friend and I have a long-standing, semi-joking disagreement, but I do think my behavior bothers her, and I just don’ t understand why. We typically meet for dinner. Now, I am not a big dining-out ...

She seems to feel that I’m putting some kind of burden on the servers and possibly making them uncomfortable by asking them to decide what I get.

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...

But showing disdain for those who take it seriously by openly expressing your apathy is where Miss Manners — and your friend ...

Please remind your readers of the importance of RSVP. My daughter’s wedding is a week away, and I need a number! Several ...

Letter writer is not a big foodie, so they usually ask the server to decide on their meal. Their friend thinks this is embarrassing.

Implying that there’s more fun to be had elsewhere isn’t the only way you can botch your response to a social invitation.

We’re raised to be polite or not rock the boat and to avoid hurting someone's feelings, and yet in trying to be nice, we end ...

Nora Keogh encourages Leo Dowling to ask Jacinta Doyle to the upcoming dance and she initially agrees to go with him ...