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

GENTLE READER: Indeed, there are people who think of life as a series of gift-grabbing events. And there are others who assume that people only marry, go to school or have children in order to collect ...

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 ...

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