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 ...

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 ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin advises a pregnant woman on how to host a party to celebrate ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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