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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

And not a gender-reveal party, because I think they are a little embarrassing and emphasize something that isn’t important to me. So that’s out, too. What do I call this party? GENTLE READER ...

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 ...

However, Josh and Hailee are more low-key than Swift and Brittany, and the pair were seen at Allen's teammate, Shane Buechele's gender reveal party a couple of months ago, and were filmed giving ...

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

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