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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 ...
It seems to have become the fashion for the bride and groom to order themselves a meal of a higher caliber than what their ...
GENTLE READER: It is equally perplexing to Miss Manners why children would be unwelcome at a family wedding. She finds them (mostly) charming, and their imperfections make a sweet addition to the ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the growing practice of child-free weddings and ...
GENTLE READER: It is equally perplexing to Miss Manners why children would be unwelcome at a family wedding. She finds them (mostly) charming, and their imperfections make a sweet addition to the ...
A few of my cousins have gotten married recently, and they requested that no children attend their weddings, aside from the ...
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'I'm So Sorry That I Can't Make It'

While acknowledging gratitude for being invited to quite a few social events, how do I decline an invitation that I have little interest in attending? “I’ m sorry, I can’ t make it” is honest, but ...