Dear Eric: My son will be 13 soon, just like my niece. They were born apart for a week. I usually organize a family pool party for my son’s birthday. My brother and his wife do not arrange a family celebration for their daughter. (They also have a nice garden with a swimming pool.) Instead, […]
Best Miss Manners: Our group of friends is about 15 people. We have known each other for more than three decades. On the other side of the group is a few that we only see when the entire group meets. We love entertaining and have invited this few for years. They have never accepted our […]