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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

After the Med Gala, the ladies are all in on events, including Toya's Birkin Baby Shower and gearing up for this season’s ...

We have friends who seem to think every little milestone should be celebrated like a small wedding. They hold celebrations and attach a wish list, sometimes with hundreds of gift ideas, to every ...

The exhibition by paper and visual artist Chia Ching Kai drew more than 100 visitors in two days. Read more at ...