Miss Manners: I break out my best china and finery for these dinners, the least you can do is RSVP

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 other relatives ...
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Is it rude to refuse to split the check when someone orders way more than you?

Dinner with friends is supposed to be the fun part of adulthood, not the moment someone realizes they are subsidizing a wagyu ...
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Miss Manners: Unexpected guests at formal dinners don’t get the fish knife

My question is how to react when people do not respond to an invitation, nor to a gentle nudge and arrive anyway.