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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sent out party invitations that included my grandnephew. He RSVP’d that he would be attending, along ...

Letter writer is not a big foodie, so they usually ask the server to decide on their meal. Their friend thinks this is embarrassing.

This diner isn't really into ordering food and thinks they're better off just letting someone who works there decide. Is that ...

Implying that there’s more fun to be had elsewhere isn’t the only way you can botch your response to a social invitation.

But showing disdain for those who take it seriously by openly expressing your apathy is where Miss Manners — and your friend ...

We’re raised to be polite or not rock the boat and to avoid hurting someone's feelings, and yet in trying to be nice, we end ...

Part of me also feels that you don’t get the courtesy of an invitation if you never show or if you repeatedly fail to RSVP.

Miss Manners assures you that the repeated offense of not answering an invitation justifies not getting another one. She ...

She seems to feel that I’m putting some kind of burden on the servers and possibly making them uncomfortable by asking them to decide what I get.

I never heard from them, despite making the invitation by email, text and phone call, and asking them to RSVP. When we heard nothing, we changed our plans. It was awkward when they showed up at ...

But showing disdain for those who take it seriously by openly expressing your apathy is where Miss Manners — and your friend ...