When we are visiting my parents, my husband tells me I need to speak up and tell them that we cannot afford to go out so much.
On February 9th at Hempstead Hall, around 30 high school junior and senior members of FFA, FCCLA, FBLA, TSA, and 4-H attended ...
There are certain unspoken rules of etiquette we all learn to live by, especially when it comes to dining. You don't reach ...
The dilemma struck a nerve. In the comment section, many Reddit users rejected the idea that guests should be asked to subsidize a wedding reception, particularly one they had no role in planning.
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin offers advice to someone whose friend is holding a decade-old Easter dinner request against them.
Your Very Rude Friend is expecting that you will promise not to transgress again, after which you will be issued an invitation to the new group. If you understandably do not wish to eat crow as a ...
Your Very Rude Friend is expecting that you will promise not to transgress again, after which you will be issued an ...
Sometimes you have to—or simply want to—say no. Here’s how to decline an invitation the right way and limit hurt feelings.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed -- china, crystal, linen, silver -- that ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed — china, crystal, linen, silver — that ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I remember reading about olden invitation cards that might say, “Tea at 5, carriages at 7:30.” GENTLE READER: Yes, it was a polite way of saying, “Don’t think you’re staying for ...
Melanie planned to make a quick stop at her ex-husband’s home to drop off prepared meals for their two school-age children before leaving, but his unexpected invitation to stay shifted the family’s ...