Miss Manners on WeddingsElaborate weddings are back in style, creating etiquette anxiety, but do not fear--Miss Manners is here to give you the dos and don'ts of the day. ;;;;;;;; With weddings today resembling a hybrid of the Academy Awards, the Super Bowl, and the Miss America Pageant--and brides running roughshod over loved ones in their quests for a Perfect Day--everyone involved needs a handbook of wedding etiquette to get through the big event with dignity, families, and finances intact. Here is the final word: Miss Manners on Weddings. This classic guide to wedding etiquette sets out the real obligations and responsibilities of the friends and family of the couple, from the mother of the bride and the maid of honor to the ushers and the bride's father's girlfriend. In her trademark witty, authoritative voice, Miss Manners lays down the law on the complete range of subjects: the engagement, the shower, the invitations, the gifts, the reception--an approach that will make weddings more pleasant for one and all, even the bride. |
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Page 97
... read : " Janet Smith and Dr. John Jones , deceased , request the honor of your presence at the wedding of their daughter ... " ( Incidentally , the mother has remarried since the death of Dr. Jones . ) GENTLE READER - It is not an ...
... read : " Janet Smith and Dr. John Jones , deceased , request the honor of your presence at the wedding of their daughter ... " ( Incidentally , the mother has remarried since the death of Dr. Jones . ) GENTLE READER - It is not an ...
Page 174
... READER - However useful and welcome money may be , it is , Miss Manners would like to point out , a crude present . For one thing , the recipient knows exactly what it cost . The most graceful way to disguise this in your thanks is to ...
... READER - However useful and welcome money may be , it is , Miss Manners would like to point out , a crude present . For one thing , the recipient knows exactly what it cost . The most graceful way to disguise this in your thanks is to ...
Page 191
... reader on the appropriate response one should make to receiving an announcement of a wedding being canceled ? The ... READER - It is indeed an etiquette land mine that you describe and Miss Manners is always grateful to those who chart ...
... reader on the appropriate response one should make to receiving an announcement of a wedding being canceled ? The ... READER - It is indeed an etiquette land mine that you describe and Miss Manners is always grateful to those who chart ...
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