5 wedding digital etiquette guest don’ts

1. Don’t Give a Wedding Day Play-by-Play

Miss Manners: No notice needed for self-congratulations - Mon, 16 Aug 2010 PST

DEAR MISS MANNERS: The subject of self-congratulatory parties came up with a group of friends. We all agree that neither oneself nor one’s immediate family are supposed to host a bridal shower, for example. What about a mortgage-burning party? There are those of us who feel it is self-congratulatory (and gauche) to have such a party and announce it as such. Others disagree. Some thought that ...

Congratulations to me!

Dear Miss Manners: The subject of self-congratulatory parties came up with a group of friends. We all agree that neither oneself nor one’s immediate family are supposed to host a bridal shower, for example. What about a mortgage-burning party?

A party in honor of you?

DEAR MISS MANNERS - S - The subject of self-congratulatory parties came up with a group of friends. We all agree that neither oneself nor one's immediate family are supposed to host a bridal shower, for example. What about a mortgage-burning party?

Congratulate me, give me a gift

Some thought that hosting a party without announcing the reason or making it "potluck" would be celebration enough and a gift to the guests. Self-congratulatory parties -- for birthdays, graduations and anniversaries as well as a startling proliferation of wedding and baby showers per person -- seem to be the most common form of entertaining nowadays. Miss Manners pictures each would-be host ...