Dear Miss Manners: I am all for children in casual restaurants. But there is one thing I cannot abide in a restaurant, and that is to hear kiddie animated movies, shows and video games with the audio ...

Dear Amy: Our daughter (age 31) is getting married for the first time to her longtime boyfriend. Parents of the couple are contributing $10,000 each to the wedding. We were expecting a local wedding ...

Dear Heloise: When we have company over, we often have finger foods and dipping sauces. Instead of buying fancy little dishes for the dipping sauces, I reuse yogurt and pudding containers. I remove ...

Dear Heloise: I have lived in my house for many years, and from time to time there seems to be all sorts of different sizes of silverfish. I find some in the morning on top of the stove. In the middle ...

Dear Heloise: I have a home with a very large kitchen, and it should be spotless, but it's not. I don't know where to start. There are children's drawings on the fridge, my husband's hobbies somehow ...

Dear Heloise: The other day I received a letter saying I had not paid my property taxes. It looked like it was from my mortgage company and looked very real. The letter said they were going to ...

Dear Miss Manners: A couple I know is expecting their first child. Their announcement stated "We're pregnant" and was followed up with regular updates using collective phrasing, such as "We've felt ...

Dear Amy: My husband began walking for exercise with a female friend. Over time, I noticed that he was constantly checking his phone or texting her throughout the day. His mood would be very different ...

Dear Amy: My 46-year-old daughter "Janet" has had a difficult life. One of her children was born with a severe illness. It was traumatic for all of us to care for this child during the years that she ...

Dear Amy: My son is a very sweet and kind 12-year-old who likes all of his seventh-grade classmates, but he does not have an outgoing personality. Last week, the teacher asked the students to write ...

Dear Miss Manners: My son is in a specialized field where jobs are hard to come by, but when they do, they are very profitable. What can I say to nosy acquaintances who ask why he isn't working and ...

Dear Amy: I have such a strong drive to be productive, to take action, to keep things organized and to stay perfectly on top of everything. This is good to a certain extent, but I am past that ...