latestJuly 11, 2020

Logistics After a Postponed Wedding

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please help! We sent out 220 wedding invitations; got back 175 yeses; then the wedding venue in San Francisco shut down in March with eight days’ notice! We desperately tried to fin... more

July 10, 2020

Miss Manners for July 10, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While separating photographs after a divorce from my wife, I have run across some pictures of relatives’ and friends’ weddings. Is there any protocol for what to do with the photos?... more

May 07, 2020

Miss Manners for May 07, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My girlfriend was divorced from her husband for 14 years. When he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, they remarried for legal/tax reasons. He died six months after that. How long s... more

April 30, 2020

Miss Manners for April 30, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m in my mid 20s and in grad school, and money is tight. Last month, I was invited to two weddings; one I attended, and the other I declined.... more

April 23, 2020

Miss Manners for April 23, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received an invitation to the wedding of the daughter of a close friend. A card was enclosed with the invitation that stated that the couple had everything they needed for their h... more

April 14, 2020

Partner Keeps Finishing Sentences -- Incorrectly

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My partner of 24 years has developed a habit, the past year or two, of finishing my sentences for me. I guess he seems to think that he knows me so well, he knows what I plan on say... more

April 14, 2020

Miss Manners for April 14, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When you receive a wedding gift prior to your wedding, do you open it and set it aside? Or do you open and use it? Of course, we always send thank-yous ASAP.... more

April 11, 2020

Miss Manners for April 11, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the appropriate dress for the step-mother of the bride to wear to the wedding?... more

April 06, 2020

Engaged Couple Have Their Priorities Upside Down

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Help! We are planning our wedding exactly according to the rules, and now everyone is mad at us! My mother and my future mother-in-law, who weren’t friendly before, bonded over tell... more

April 04, 2020

Miss Manners for April 04, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At long last, my nephew is getting married to the woman with whom he has been living for nearly 10 years, and with whom he shares a young son and a stepdaughter.... more

April 03, 2020

Miss Manners for April 03, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am the second wife (of four years) to a man whose first wife never remarried, isn’t dating, and now lives a town away. Their daughter was invited to be a bridesmaid and plan the s... more

April 01, 2020

‘Hypothetically, If Our Marriage Falls Apart ...’

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it normal to make decisions in your current relationship based on the fact that you might not be together in the future? Example: I don’t want to have my tubes tied in case this ... more

March 31, 2020

Miss Manners for March 31, 2020

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When our daughter was married, many guests traveled from out of state to attend. As she and my son-in-law had been working for several years, they did not create a registry, and ins... more

March 28, 2020

Comedy of Errors Prevents Wedding-Gift Purchase

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Two years ago, I neglected to give my brother and sister-in-law a wedding gift.... more

March 27, 2020

Bride Outsources Entire Wedding to Friends and Guests

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A dear friend of mine recently became engaged after 12 years of dating. This is a second wedding for both parties, and both are well over 50 years old and established.... more

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