Gentle Reader: Graduation announcements do a lot of damage, Miss Manners has observed.Although you are quite right that they are not demands for presents — the only response required is ...

Graduation announcements do a lot of damage, ... Formal announcements are made when there is an event that would be of such interest to so many people that other means of notification are ...

While I know an announcement is just that, announcing the graduation, there is sometimes an expectation of sending money or a gift. Many of these relatives are on a fixed income and cannot afford ...

Announcements are not invoices. The proper response to formal or informal announcements is to send congratulations, with graduation presents being strictly optional.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is graduating from high school, but she does not want a party. I would still like to send out graduation cards to help celebrate her achievement, but I don’t know ...

Miss Manners has long objected when those who receive formal announcements of graduations or weddings characterize these as “gift grabs.”.shock - stock.adobe.com By Judith Martin ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is graduating from high school, but she does not want a party. I would still like to send out graduation cards to help celebrate her achievement, but I don’ t know ...

What could there be left to announce in the old, formal way, using third-person wording and postal-system delivery? Is there anyone graduating, marrying or giving birth who hasn't already told ...

The proper recipients of such announcements are people who 1. don’t already know; and 2. are presumed to be interested to hear. Yet Miss Manners had an inquiry from someone who wanted to send ...

Formal graduation announcements really aren’t necessary Mon., April 3, ... I would like to send announcements to my husband’s and my aunts and uncles. ... announcing the graduation, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is graduating from high school, but she does not want a party. I would still like to send out graduation cards to help celebrate her achievement, but I don’t know ...

GENTLE READER: Graduation announcements do a lot of damage, Miss Manners has observed. Although you are quite right that they are not demands for presents — the only response required is ...