In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling the awkward situation of thanking someone ...

The author always wrote thank-you notes as a child, and is making her kids (not pictured) do the same.Peter Dazeley/Getty Images I grew up being told the importance of writing thank-you notes. My ...

My grandmother always wrote thank-you letters to everyone in her life, and it inspired me. As a college professor, I told my students to write a thank-you note to someone in their lives. The letters ...

DEAR ABBY: Some time ago, you printed a letter from a grandmother who said she was changing her will because neither her adult children nor her grandchildren ever wrote her thank-you notes when she ...

According to etiquette experts, you should always write thank-you notes after staying in someone's home or receiving a gift ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a teacher for the past 30 years, I have been fortunate to receive thoughtful gifts of thanks and appreciation from my students and their families during the holiday season and at ...

As society grows more interconnected and reliant on technology, the old ways of keeping in touch wane in influence and popularity. That’s the way of the world, it seems, and woe to anyone who waxes ...

John Israel wanted to make a positive impact on other people's lives. That's why the 33-year-old has been writing five thank you notes per day to the people in his life. "I've had a lot of positive ...

John Israel began writing thank-you notes in October and hasn't skipped a day. John Israel, pictured here with wife Monica and sons Anderson and Rohn, is on a mission to write five thank you notes a ...

Why is it that we still get a tiny thrill from checking the mailbox each day? Rationally, we know what’s in there: bills we don’t want, catalogs we never ordered, and that bulky Valpak stuffed with ...