GENTLE READER: You will be relieved to hear that it is not obligatory for hosts to write thanks to their guests for their attendance. But Miss Manners imagines you will be less pleased to hear that ...

A host is distressed after discovering small items missing from a designated smoking room during a dinner party.

GENTLE READER: Your partner is right about what passes for black tie these days. And while you each perfectly define a ...

GENTLE READER: The night before a wedding, the table in question is often at the rehearsal dinner. Miss Manners is dearly hoping that you did not think that his baldness was an amusing topic for a ...