Using family events to network is unseemly, if all too common. It leads to awkward interactions such as you describe, when really the focus should be on the children. Social value should not be ...
Social value should not be measured by a child’s birthday party. (Or bat mitzvah. Or quinceanera. Or wedding.) ...
My husband is the president of a local college alumni chapter, and I am the secretary. The chapter recently held an alumni meeting at the residence of the headmaster of a local private high school.
Dear Miss Manners: I am planning a birthday party for my 3-year-old daughter. Last year, for her second birthday, we did a ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am planning a birthday party for my 3-year-old daughter. Last year, for her second birthday, we did a ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am planning a birthday party for my 3-year-old daughter. Last year, for her second birthday, we did a ...
Etiquette columnist Miss Manners has advised parents to avoid using children's birthday parties to promote their own social standing. She emphasized that invitations should be limited to the child’s ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received a wedding invitation with no physical return address. It directed me to scan a QR code to ...
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Miss Manners: I turned my 2-year-old’s birthday into a social networking event; how do I do better?
I am planning a birthday party for my 3-year-old daughter. Last year, for her second birthday, we did a small event at home, ...
I do not want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but at the same time, I don’t want our efforts to go in vain. I don’t want to lose ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a parent anxious about losing social status at ...
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