DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have invited to dinner two old codgers I’ve known for years. One is a bachelor, and the other has been married for many years, so I also invited his wife to the dinner party. I’m ...

The last real party I threw was in 2019, back when I’d sometimes have odd groupings of women over to my tiny New York apartment. At that final one—after everyone was fumbling and drunk, overheated ...

DEAR ABBY: Some people hint that they want to get on our social calendar, yet they expect us to be the ones to invite them. An example: “Say, when are we getting together for dinner?” is repeated ...

To be honest, being polite never goes out of style, and there are plenty of situations where showing other people courtesy is simply the right thing to do — even if you have to inconvenience yourself ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When is it acceptable to specify the ending time of an event? Generally, if I am inviting guests for dinner, I ask them to please arrive at a certain time, with no ending time given ...