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Miss Manners: Excluded from the condos’ cool kids club

Miss Manners would like to remind you gently that a condo is not high school. People form friendships for various reasons, ...

Miss Manners: Could it be considered rude to send a gift to someone who’s only an acquaintance?

Nevertheless, Miss Manners appreciates your delicacy in not wanting to make this old acquaintance feel that she has been ...

Miss Manners: We’d rather have our relatives at our daughter’s wedding than her guests

My daughter is planning a wedding in 14 months. We are currently looking at venues in the city where she lives, which is a ...

Miss Manners: Can we use the wedding save-the-date as an elimination round?

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 ...
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Miss Manners: Sending a baby gift without it being awkward

Nevertheless, Miss Manners appreciates your delicacy in not wanting to make this old acquaintance feel that she has been ...

Miss Manners: My condo community is too cliquey

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a very cliquey condo community, and I feel left out when I don’t get invited to the lunches or ...

Miss Manners: How do I armor myself against these cliquey women?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a very cliquey condo community, and I feel left out when I don’t get invited to the lunches or ...

Dear Miss Manners: How can I politely turn down a date request?

Rather, when that time comes, you will probably have to call around to non-responders to find out. And if they say they are ...

Dear Miss Manners: Handling RSVP uncertainties gracefully

For instance, we have relatives on our tentative guest list whom we love, but who have children playing sports in the fall; ...

Miss Manners: If you can’t come to the wedding, we need to know ASAP

We know many people will not be able to attend. We also know that the invitation list will be limited by the occupancy limits ...