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Miss Manners: Our neighbors invited us to dinner at their house ... must we reciprocate?

we're casually friendly, but have shared nothing more than short conversations about the weather or neighborhood happenings ...

Miss Manners: Casual friends invited us for dinner; must I reciprocate, or can I move on?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Our neighbors of over 10 years suddenly and surprisingly invited us to their home for dinner. In all those years, we were casually friendly, but shared nothing more than short ...

Miss Manners: I don’t want to discipline your kids at my house, but if you do nothing, I have no choice

One of the guests wandered over, selected a peach and handed it to her toddler. The toddler then marched around the house ...

Miss Manners: I can’t believe our friends let their children eat this messy fruit in our house

One of the guests wandered over, selected a peach and handed it to her toddler. The toddler then marched around the house ...
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Miss Manners: Peach problem could have been solved without dramatic clean-up

The parents were completely unconcerned about the mess the kid made and didn’t seem to notice or care when I was on the floor ...
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Miss Manners: I really don’t want to have the neighbors over for dinner

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Our neighbors of over 10 years suddenly and surprisingly invited us to their home for dinner. In all those ...

Miss Manners: They made a mess of my house and didn’t seem to care at all

One of the guests wandered over, selected a peach and handed it to her toddler. The toddler then marched around the house ...

Miss Manners: What could I have done about my guest’s perplexing parenting decision?

One of the guests wandered over, selected a peach and handed it to her toddler. The toddler then marched around the house ...

Miss Manners: My friends need to understand my house is my sanctuary, it’s NOT a crash pad

I felt very uncomfortable with her just unexpectedly telling me she wanted to stay at my place instead of getting a hotel ...