Miss Manners: I want no part of the gift grab. What do I tell the host?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am pregnant, and I’d like to host a coed party to celebrate it.
Miss Manners: My friends are using every life event as an excuse for gifts
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 from others. That is a lot of nastiness to place on the ordinary milestones of life.
Miss Manners: Friends throw big celebrations for every little milestone
Does the letter writer need to explain why they’re not attending all their friends’ big parties?
Miss Manners: They have parties for everything — and all of them require gifts
A reader is tired of accepting a friend’s invitations to every milestone party, which are really just gift-grabs; an expectant mother doesn’t want gifts at her shower.
Miss Manners: Greedy friends turn every little milestone into gift-grabbing event
I feel guilty declining these invitations, but at the same time, I honestly believe these are just gift-grabbing events.
Miss Manners: Greedy couple keeps hosting gift-grabbing events
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 declining.
Miss Manners: Life is a series of gift-grabbing events
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin addresses the issue of friends who host numerous gift-centric parties without expressing appreciation for their guests.
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