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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

A dog's hilarious attempt to sabotage his owner's gender reveal party has left the internet in hysterics. After finding out that he's going to have a son, dad-to-be Benjamin Smith, 26, from ...

In October 2020, Patrick and Brittany used their dogs to reveal the gender of their baby. The dogs walked down a runway with pink-painted paws and burst into pink confetti, announcing it was a girl.

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 ...