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Should we wait until the wedding takes place, or should we start sending thank-you notes now to acknowledge receipt of these ...
Miss Manners: What’s the proper etiquette for the timing of thank-you notes for wedding gifts? Published: Jul. 07, 2025, 1:00 p.m. "Miss Manners" Judith Martin Courtesy Andrews McMeel Universal ...
GENTLE READER: Then please just order your food. Miss Manners reminds you that the waitress is not a menu item of whom you ...
Even if Miss Manners had inherited the crown jewels, she, like your grandmother, would never wear them during the day. But ...
Miss Manners: The maid of honor’s wedding-day surprise was not a pleasant one Dear Abby: I found these photos of his proposal to another woman Asking Eric: I was just rubbing my son’s head ...
Dear Miss Manners: My partner and I are planning a mini wedding this spring with just my parents, my brother and his kids, and our two best friends.This is for two reasons: 1. With the continuing ...
Miss Manners: Engaged couple makes etiquette faux pas and wonders how to walk it back . Published: Aug. 03, 2023, 8:00 p.m. By . Judith Martin; DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are planning a wedding, ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A few years ago (pre-COVID), my son had a destination wedding, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He and his fiancee invited their parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and about a dozen of ...
Miss Manners: Wedding couple spars over the use of ‘plus one’ on invitations Published: Feb. 10, 2025, 9:00 a.m. Gay or straight, wedding invitation etiquette is complicated when it comes to ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My beloved and I are planning a small, intimate wedding. Rather than engage a printer, I am planning to handwrite letters to each invited guest, sharing the details of the ...
Miss Manners: Fiancé says in a gay wedding, etiquette doesn’t matter. Fiancé thinks addressing plus ones by name on wedding invites isn’t important, but the letter writer disagrees.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Several old friends and I have planned a girls’ weekend at a world-famous music festival in a beautiful city this summer.But one of the four recently insisted, in a group text ...