DEAR MISS MANNERS: If a friend spends four years talking about every detail in the construction of a vacation home, then describes all the fun of having friends and relatives visit for a weekend, might one assume one will be invited, sooner or later?
GENTLE READER: One might hope so. But Miss Manners notices that social media postings have accustomed people to the idea that generalized bragging, along the lines of “Nyah, nyah, here’s what I have and you don’t,” implies no further action than admiration on the part of the excluded recipient.