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 ...

Our friends graciously offered us use of their rustic lakeside cabin, as they no longer can travel there themselves. We had a disappointing time and cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, ...

You were so kind to let us use the cabin. The area is beautiful and we were so happy to get away ...” Please send your ...

We cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, primitive accommodations and insufficient space and privately vowed to never return.

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

Our daughter-in-law overheard a discussion I had with my husband about her tantrums. Now she and our son have cut us off and won’t even let us see our grandson.

I hold formal dinner parties with limited place settings. But there are friends who never respond to my invitations and show up anyway. What’s the best way to accommodate them?

Her son is often on the receiving end of her anger. When he’s alone staying with us, he is calm, happy, helpful, an all-around good kid. She shows up, and within five minutes, he is so different, ...

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 ...

These are friends of mine, and I do want to entertain them, but I’m afraid I’ll be limiting them to barbecues in the future.

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 ...

My question is how to react when people do not respond to an invitation, nor to a gentle nudge (such as an emailed “I wondered if you had received this,” with a second copy of the invitation) — and ...