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

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 ...

When the time comes to select ideas for gifts for assistants, ponder what their day-to-day challenges and routines entail.

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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