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

GENTLE READER: Here is another argument against inviting the extended family to a graduation: Graduation ceremonies can be ...

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

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 one to ...

Yet Miss Manners had an inquiry from someone who wanted to send one to the parents of one of her son’s graduation classmates, ...

Miss Manners is grateful for anything that stops people from becoming belligerent, which is what she gathers you mean by confrontational. But she hopes there is something besides fear of violence ...

The proper response to formal or informal announcements is to send congratulations, with graduation presents being strictly optional. As gifts are also optional when attending graduation parties ...

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 ...

Nick Leighton, an New York-based etiquette expert and host of the ... When you receive a graduation announcement, you may wonder if you are obligated to give something, even if you don’t know ...

The proper response to formal or informal announcements is to send congratulations, with graduation presents being strictly optional. As gifts are also optional when attending graduation parties ...