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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin addresses the issue of friends who host numerous gift-centric ...

However, Miss Manners sadly notes that it does sound as if that is what your friends are doing. That they can manage to keep ...