Miss Manners: Is it rude to arrive early for a party?
I feel like I'm always an inconvenience to the host.
Asking Eric: I don’t know the bride, and I’m baffled about the gift protocol
I find myself being asked for a lot of gifts. Where can I draw the line without offending?
Miss Manners: My ungracious guests have me considering poison
I am fed up with nobody making comments about what I have prepared and instead raving about a restaurant.
Asking Eric: My sister got ahold of my journals and made me the family joke
My brother and I were shamed, and we feared our father.
Asking Eric: I saved a stranger’s life and I just want to move on now
I know I sound horrible, but I need him to stop calling me.
Miss Manners: They seem to think my home is some immersive Instagram experience
Why are my friends trying to wangle an invitation to a tiny apartment?
Asking Eric: People think my Halloween-obsessed sister is weird. Should I be worried about her?
She even brought a Michael Myers purse to a toddler's party.
Miss Manners: He claimed my dream ring to propose to his girlfriend, and I can’t get over my irritation
Granted, I have no partner and I probably could never afford the ring anyway. But still.
Asking Eric: I found out they used my photo for this AI nonsense
How do I not come off like I'm sitting in my cave judging them?
Miss Manners: I don’t really want these gifts from him in my house
My significant other thinks he’s being thoughtful, but he's a bad gift-giver.