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

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

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 ...

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

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

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?

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 ...

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

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

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