As Madelaine and Mitchell Brereton began mapping out their wedding plans post-engagement, a question arose: should they also throw an engagement party? The couple shared a mutual desire for a grand ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Our group of friends is about 15 people large. We have known each other for over three decades. At the opposite end of the group is a couple that we only see when the entire group ...

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A couple online found a new way to ensure attendance at their wedding. A video posted by Julia Polley (@gigsup) on TikTok went viral for capturing the moment she and her then-fiancé revealed to their ...

Dear Eric: I’ve been “friends” with a couple for more than 20 years. In retrospect our engagements always seem to be about partying. We attended both their sons’ weddings. Yet I still feel that they ...

Dear Eric: We have a couple we get together with periodically for dinner. It’s low key about setting time and place; usually I let them pick. The problem is every time we show up at the agreed upon ...

Dear Eric: My spouse and I are an older couple with some family members who live in the same town as us and some family who live out of state. The families who live near us only invite us to functions ...