Statistically, almost 70% of Americans have suffered lost, missing or stolen deliveries. In 2023, porch pirates absconded ...

I feel guilty declining these invitations, but at the same time, I honestly believe these are just gift-grabbing events.

Does the letter writer need to explain why they’re not attending all their friends’ big parties?

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin addresses the issue of friends who host numerous gift-centric ...

Presents may be customary, but they are not compulsory. Therefore, you could attend the parties but choose not to add to the ...

I would like to just decline the invitations, but it has been expressed to me that I should let the host know why I’m ...

I feel guilty declining these invitations, but at the same time, I honestly believe these are just gift-grabbing events.

Miss Manners knows the answer. Cooperative dinners and restaurant excursions have taken over ordinary socializing, to the ...

A reader is tired of accepting a friend’s invitations to every milestone party, which are really just gift-grabs; an ...

M ost parents hope and pray their children have the good fortune of finding decent people to befriend. We all know that the influence we have on ou ...

GENTLE READER: Indeed, there are people who think of life as a series of gift-grabbing events. And there are others who assume that people only marry, go to school or have children in order to collect ...