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?

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

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

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 questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to ...

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, ...

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.