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Does the letter writer need to explain why they’re not attending all their friends’ big parties?

I feel guilty declining these invitations, but at the same time, I honestly believe these are just gift-grabbing events.

Presents may be customary, but they are not compulsory. Therefore, you could attend the parties but choose not to add to the ...

A reader is tired of accepting a friend’s invitations to every milestone party, which are really just gift-grabs; an ...

I would like to just decline the invitations, but it has been expressed to me that I should let the host know why I’m ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin addresses the issue of friends who host numerous gift-centric ...

Miss Manners knows the answer. Cooperative dinners and restaurant excursions have taken over ordinary socializing, to the ...

We have friends who seem to think every little milestone should be celebrated like a small wedding. They hold celebrations and attach a wish list, sometimes with hundreds of gift ideas, to every ...

GENTLE READER: Indeed, there are people who think of life as a series of gift-grabbing events. And there are others who assume that people only marry, go to school or have children in order to collect ...

I feel guilty declining these invitations, but at the same time, I honestly believe these are just gift-grabbing events.