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.

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

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 ...

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 ...