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Miss Manners: Can my kids can come to your party, too? The invitation doesn’t specify.
Once you have gotten a response, thank the host for the invitation and say you will check calendars and respond quickly. Miss ...
Miss Manners: Does your party invite list include the ‘cool kids?’ Some guests want to know
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I issue online invitations to multiple guests at once, I generally use the option to hide the guest ...
Miss Manners: How do I ask if texted party invite includes the kids, or just adults?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve received several invitations to large, planned events via group text. Whether for a retirement party, ...
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Miss Manners: Group invitations sent by text are confusing - are my kids invited, too?
I don’t want to seem like I’m trying to invite my children to an event that is not intended for them, but I have to arrange ...
Miss Manners: When someone wants to know who else is invited to the party, here’s what it tells you
GENTLE READER: Knowingly addressing the cards incorrectly is disrespectful towards the recipients. Telling you of her plan to ...
Miss Manners: I skipped passive-aggressive co-worker’s retirement party
Letter writer was scolded for missing a coworker’s retirement party. Dear Miss Manners: I worked with someone who was uber ...
Miss Manners: His driving was terrifying. He responded poorly when I asked him to slow down.
He immediately turned indignant, got out of the car and told me I should drive and that he would sit in the back with my wife ...
Miss Manners: I skipped a party for a colleague I don’t like. Should I have lied about why?
When I reminded her that both my daughter and my daughter-in-law had opted to keep their maiden names when they married their ...
Miss Manners: The etiquette of addressing cards, notes and invitations
GENTLE READER: Knowingly addressing the cards incorrectly is disrespectful towards the recipients. Telling you of her plan to ...
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Best of Dear Abby: We showed up for cocktails, but felt like awkward party crashers
We presented the host with a bottle of premium vodka, but we were still made to feel like we didn't belong there.
LeBron James, ASAP Rocky and Everything You Need to Know About the 2025 Met Gala
By now, you probably know the first Monday in May is not just any old Monday: It’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a.k.a. the Oscars of the East Coast or the party of the ...
Miss Manners: Revenge is taken but no one knows
Dear Miss Manners: When I issue online invitations to multiple guests at once, I generally use the option to hide the guest ...