The solution is to manage the time, as well as the quantity of alcohol consumed. After all, you did not keep serving the pot ...

Host who doesn’t drink wants to start cleaning up when husband and guests start getting drunk during dinner parties.

Miss Manners: I want her in my wedding party but my fiance has a problem with that He says she wasn’t nice about our engagement. I don’t blame her.

Miss Manners: I want her in my wedding party but my fiance has a problem with that He says she wasn’t nice about our engagement. I don’t blame her.

Judith Martin's Miss Manners column has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978. Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about when to clear plates when hosting a dinner party.

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend sent me an invitation to her child’s 7th birthday party; however, it came with a handwritten message that stated, “It’s probably best to come after 4 when the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hold an annual party, for which I hire a person to assist me in setting it up, maintaining the buffet and serving drinks. She has always done a great job. At the most recent ...

Miss Manners: I want her in my wedding party but my fiance has a problem with that He says she wasn't nice about our engagement. I don't blame her.

Miss Manners: My fun party game went off the rails when my guest was ... I got some feedback after a dinner party that makes me wonder if I breached a rule of etiquette of which I was unaware.