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I believe that the envelopes should be addressed using a title. I have been informed by my husband that omitting it is ...
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: My soon-to-be husband and I are planning our wedding, and are having a disagreement on how to address the invitations. We have agreed to abide by your decision.
ENTLE READER: A huge industry is committed to the notion that weddings are an etiquette-free period for bridal couples. So Miss Manners is not surprised to hear this outrageous notion repeated ...
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 ...
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 ...
In America, it is proper to keep the unused hand in one’s lap; in Europe, it is rested on the table. In neither part of the world is it polite to characterize others’ manners as rude. And Miss Manners ...
Although the unexpected wedding invitation confuses matters, Miss Manners assumes that it is not technically from your sister -- that the hosts are probably either the bride’s parents or your ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My siblings and I (all of us in our 40s and 50s) have had a strained relationship over the past few years, for various reasons. Last year, my youngest sister told us all via ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My siblings and I (all of us in our 40s and 50s) have had a strained relationship over the past few years, for various reasons.. Last year, my youngest sister told us all via ...