In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader and how they can gracefully decline ...

Hosting an adults-only event isn’t necessarily a deal-breaker for your parent friends. Many of us are just as eager for child-free evenings as we are for family adventures. The biggest obstacle would ...

DEAR ABBY: I became friends with “John” when I was 9. We met through our church youth group and our shared interests. We lost contact after a year or so when I stopped attending the youth group and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do I talk about my preferences for the art I consume without demeaning others’ tastes or seeming like a snob? For example, many of my friends enjoy superhero movies and cartoons ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I occasionally enjoy having lunch at a restaurant with a group of longtime friends. All is well until the time comes when they want to take a group photo, which, of course, gets ...

One thing I remember about childhood is how easy it was to make friends. “Do you want to play with me?” you’d ask another child in a deadpan tone, and they’d reply with either “yes” or “no.” (If I ...

Dear Eric: I’m close friends with one of my sisters-in-law but not the other, Betty. Betty and I used to be close until jealousy came between us. She was jealous that her brother and I were the first ...

This is part of Advice Week: Friendship Edition. We’ll help you make friends, leave them—and even sleep with them. How do you tell your friend that their kid rudely insulted yours? Or you break it to ...