Miss Manners knows the answer. Cooperative dinners and restaurant excursions have taken over ordinary socializing, to the exclusion of just-for-fun parties. The exception is milestone celebrations, so ...

Baby showers usually mean pastel-colored cupcakes, onesie towers and the occasional round of baby-name bingo. But a new trend ...

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. Not a baby shower: I do not want any gifts, and I do not want anyone else to have to shoulder the burden of ...

Miss Manners knows the answer. Cooperative dinners and restaurant excursions have taken over ordinary socializing, to the exclusion of just-for-fun parties. The exception is milestone celebrations, so ...

If you invite me to a party and then tell me where and how to buy a present, I’m not coming ,’ said irate guest ...

When a couple is expecting a baby and plans on having a baby shower, they usually create a registry so that their loved ones can purchase items they need or want for the baby. A registry also helps ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin advises a pregnant woman on how to host a party to celebrate ...