No thank-you note at all would have been better received than what she got. When was the last time you actually sent someone a handwritten thank-you note? As online life has changed the way we ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A few years ago, I developed a gluten intolerance. While I am blessed that it isn’t full-blown celiac disease, I am unable to eat many everyday treats, such as the free donuts in ...

Dear Eric: Last August, my husband and I told his niece that we would help with her daughter’s college expenses. We sent $2,000 to the college for the first semester. We received a thank-you text from ...

Let’s start this column the way UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close ends every – every – news conference and interview: Thank you for doing this. Back at you, Coach. You, too, Lindsay Gottlieb at ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am 64 years old. My mother insists that when I am offered another helping of food, it’s rude for me to reply, “No, thank you, I’m full.” She says I should just say “No, thank you” ...