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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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.

Miss Manners: I’ve been told to banish these guests from the main table

DEAR MISS MANNERS: 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 ...

Miss Manners: My hints to be left alone go completely ignored by strangers

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to politely avoiding small talk with strangers in public places.