GENTLE READER: Here is another argument against inviting the extended family to a graduation: Graduation ceremonies can be ...

I find it offensive to ask family members to pay for airfare, expensive hotels and food while we provide nothing.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to navigating family expectations for an out-of-state ...

Miss Manners is grateful for anything that stops people from becoming belligerent, which is what she gathers you mean by ...

One of them told my mother that her spiritual adviser said that turning down an invitation was insulting and hurtful and ...

Yet Miss Manners had an inquiry from someone who wanted to send one to the parents of one of her son’s graduation classmates, who may safely be presumed to know. And as schools ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is graduating from high school, but she does not want a party ... entirely. Announcements are not invoices. The proper response to formal or informal announcements is to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is graduating from high school, but she does not want a party ... entirely. Announcements are not invoices. The proper response to formal or informal announcements is to ...

The couple wants to celebrate their son's accomplishment. But without a family party after the event, would any of them ...