I find it offensive to ask family members to pay for airfare, expensive hotels and food while we provide nothing.

Letter writer doesn’t want to invite family to son’s out of state graduation if they can’t provide a party afterwards.

Miss Manners is grateful for anything that stops people from becoming belligerent, which is what she gathers you mean by ...

So instead of brooding, Miss Manners recommends explaining gently to your relatives that while your mother is gratified that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every graduation season, my nonagenarian mother receives invitations to at least one graduation. (She has over 20 grandchildren.) Related Articles Miss Manners: My wife’s ...