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GENTLE READER: Yes: Go to your younger daughter’s for Thanksgiving on Thursday, and tell her you would be delighted to plan ...

Most hosts are satisfied with that -- and probably grateful to get any definite answer. Should one be so rude as to ask why ...

I’m sorry, I’m under the weather” might be OK to use (in truth, we are all “under” the weather), but only as a last-minute ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to declining invitations and what to say when you ...

Dear Miss Manners: For 15 years, since our two daughters have had partners whom they married, my husband and I chose to have ...

GENTLE READER: Yes: Go to your younger daughter’s for Thanksgiving on Thursday, and tell her you would be delighted to plan ...

Unfortunately, there is the potential that their contribution is tainted -- and being the host, the unfortunate results are ...

This year, our younger daughter announced that she was starting her own family tradition and having Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday at her newly purchased home. We were invited to attend. She said she ...

Our younger daughter announced that she was starting her own family tradition and having Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.