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

M ost parents hope and pray their children have the good fortune of finding decent people to befriend. We all know that the influence we have on ou ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

There are so many great kids birthday party places in Houston that picking one can be a challenge. But since Houston goes ...

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