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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My housemate is male, 73 and retired. He rises in the morning and spends his day in a ratty terrycloth ...

It seems to have become the fashion for the bride and groom to order themselves a meal of a higher caliber than what their ...

But as your mild little response is ignored, Miss Manners will have to provide you with something clearer: “Thank you, but I ...