Miss Manners: Why is everyone so obsessed with being thanked?

Dear Miss Manners: Why is it that people see it as mandatory to send a thank-you for a gift? It seems like people give gifts ...

Miss Manners: If you adopt my gift-giving philosophy, you’ll never fret about thank-you cards

Gifts, to me, are not a chore and not an obligation. If I get a thank-you card, it is nice, but I do not see any obligation ...

Miss Manners: Getting ghosted, then guilted, gets galling

How can you be responsible for ghosting someone when they never write to you? Just because I have decided to accept their silence, and return it to them, doesn’t mean I don’t care. But what is the ...

Miss Manners: Why all the hubbub over thank you notes? Reader shares their view on giving gifts

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Miss Manners: Help me remember the logic behind this table-setting etiquette

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Miss Manners: How did thank-you notes become such an obligation?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why is it that people see it as mandatory to send a thank-you for a gift? It seems like people give gifts ...