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Dear Miss Manners: I am planning a 100th birthday party for my late grandmother's recently reconditioned piano. The guests will be other classical musicians and singers. As usual, when we all get ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My youngest son is getting married this summer. His wife-to-be has a large extended family. I have received an invitation to a dinner/shower which, across the top in big letters ...
Miss Manners: Use proper wording for a 'tea' invitation. By JUDITH MARTIN, United Feature Syndicate Oct 8, 2008. Dear Miss Manners: ...
Miss Manners: Parent who wants adult to stay at child’s party is struggling with wording for invitations. Published: Jan. 17, 2025, 8:00 a.m.
Dear Miss Manners: This winter, I will be participating in a debutante ball, and, in accordance with tradition, my parents are hosting a cocktail party at our home a few weeks prior to the ball ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My siblings and I (all of us in our 40s and 50s) have had a strained relationship over the past few years, for various reasons. Last year, my youngest sister told us all via ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My oldest child is about to turn 4, and we plan to invite other local children to celebrate. We live in a very small town where the custom seems to be to invite the entire ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the rule on inviting someone to accompany you to a play that’s close to being sold out, and they don’t respond to your invitation in a timely way? I invited a friend ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband is an early bird and goes to bed every night at 9. His nighttime routine starts at 8. I would like to invite a couple we sometimes dine out with over for dinner. Can ...