Etiquette Hell, November 14 2016: I used to be close to a girl named Emily. She had a habit of being both rude and entitled. For example, she asked to come over to my mother’s house (I was home for…

Dear Not Wrong, My mother and father divorced years ago. My father has happily remarried and my mother has not found much luck in love, or really in other areas of her life. Early in the divorce, my sister and…

Miss Manners, December 20, 2016 I have a shared living room/dining space, and a separate breakfast table off my kitchen. However, my formal dining table is always set, but rarely used. I was always taught to never seat yourselves at…

I went on a date with a guy and he was nice. What do I do? We went to lunch. He picked me up. It was a silver corolla. We went to a local diner in city. He had nice…

Today’s letter is taken by dictation: I’m standing in the kitchen eating sushi with my hands (like a heathen) and drinking kambucha which was originally described as fermented mold tea, it surpassed my (admittedly low) expectations. My roommate is trying…

Ask a Manager, November 28, 2016 There is a time and a place for everything, right? Not really. There is no place for butt cracks and certainly not at work. Our offices have an open floor plan, and groups get…

Dear Prudence via Slate, November 10, 2016 Dear Prudence, My husband and I are both very committed to being child-free. Our conservative, reactionary family is not. We avoided the arguments, lectures, and condescension by using “not yet” as the answer…

Ask Amy via The Denver Post, November 14, 2016: A well-known singer announced a tour date for my city. My father generously offered to buy tickets as a birthday gift. I was delighted, but I also let him know that…

Dear Readers: You do know better than your friends, family, coworkers, and strangers. How will they ever fathom how right you are unless an advice columnist tells you exactly what you already know? Your subjective experience is the correct point…