I would like to just decline the invitations, but it has been expressed to me that I should let the host know why I’m ...

Miss Manners knows the answer. Cooperative dinners and restaurant excursions have taken over ordinary socializing, to the ...

Does the letter writer need to explain why they’re not attending all their friends’ big parties?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am pregnant, and I’d like to host a coed party to celebrate it.

Presents may be customary, but they are not compulsory. Therefore, you could attend the parties but choose not to add to the ...

A reader is tired of accepting a friend’s invitations to every milestone party, which are really just gift-grabs; an ...

I feel guilty declining these invitations, but at the same time, I honestly believe these are just gift-grabbing events.

We have friends who seem to think every little milestone should be celebrated like a small wedding. They hold celebrations and attach a wish list, sometimes with hundreds of gift ideas, to every ...

A UK couple’s joyful gender reveal took a terrifying turn when their dry ice smoke bomb filled the room with vapour, leaving guests coughing and gasping for air. The expecting mother ...

However, Miss Manners sadly notes that it does sound as if that is what your friends are doing. That they can manage to keep ...

A couple’s decision to use dry ice for their gender reveal is going viral for all the wrong reasons after guests were rushed outside when they started choking. Gender reveal parties have been ...