In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling unwanted body observations at family ...

This person keeps a clean home, so I was surprised by the odor. I mentioned it to them because they are family and I wanted ...

I prefer to keep my life private, and am now being called a liar for doing so. Plus: avoiding invitation overload.

I want to retire early, so I moved my family to Thailand. I was able to get an apartment in Bangkok and secure visas in a few ...

Am I wrong for turning my back on my sisters? I don’t want their toxicity touching my life or my children’s lives.

For example, we had a meeting and one of them said we never have discussed these topics at this kind of meeting. I’m the ...

Dear Eric: I am a middle-aged woman, who, for most of her life was the center of the social scene. I entertained in my home, ...

Dear Abby: After my father passed away, I started doing some family genealogy. Everyone, including family, thinks he was a ...

I’m hurt that my family doesn’t accept him and takes offense at everything he says or does. I’m also saddened by his behavior because he knows how important family is to me.