Comments on: Miss Manners says… http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: La BellaDonna http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8934 La BellaDonna Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:24:12 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8934 I was lucky enough to have Miss Manners autograph her book for me in Philadelphia, and we cooed admiring sentiments about each other's headgear. Alas, it was one of the (too many) books that got left behind when my marriage came unstuck - but Miss Manners manages to combine unfailing politeness with some pretty pithy sentiments. Her books are well worth getting (or getting again, as necessary). I see no harm, however, in wishing either, or, preferably, both parties, congratulations - it's more of a statement that you are happy each has found the person to spend a lifetime with - a thing meriting congratulations, in my book (if not in an etiquette book). I was lucky enough to have Miss Manners autograph her book for me in Philadelphia, and we cooed admiring sentiments about each other’s headgear. Alas, it was one of the (too many) books that got left behind when my marriage came unstuck - but Miss Manners manages to combine unfailing politeness with some pretty pithy sentiments. Her books are well worth getting (or getting again, as necessary).

I see no harm, however, in wishing either, or, preferably, both parties, congratulations - it’s more of a statement that you are happy each has found the person to spend a lifetime with - a thing meriting congratulations, in my book (if not in an etiquette book).

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8076 Never teh Bride Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:35:33 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8076 That, Ninjarina, and also that you should always wear a tea length dress or something shorter to an afternoon wedding. That, Ninjarina, and also that you should always wear a tea length dress or something shorter to an afternoon wedding.

]]> By: Becky http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8071 Becky Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:18:00 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8071 I adore Miss Manners. The letter about the monkey alone was worth the cost of the book. I adore Miss Manners. The letter about the monkey alone was worth the cost of the book.

]]> By: Ninjarina http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8024 Ninjarina Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:23:43 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8024 Haha, Miss Manners sounds like a riot. I guess there is a given though that the female guests not wear a white gown? Haha, Miss Manners sounds like a riot. I guess there is a given though that the female guests not wear a white gown?

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8001 Never teh Bride Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:50:28 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-8001 According to now outdated etiquette rules, one could tell the groom congratulations (as in, "Congratulations on landing such a fine lady"). One wished the bride "Best wishes" as it was considered ill mannered to suggest that a woman had been "so lucky as to land a man." According to now outdated etiquette rules, one could tell the groom congratulations (as in, “Congratulations on landing such a fine lady”). One wished the bride “Best wishes” as it was considered ill mannered to suggest that a woman had been “so lucky as to land a man.”

]]> By: eowyn_2 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-7999 eowyn_2 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:34:36 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/28/miss-manners-says/#comment-7999 One is not supposed to tell a bride congratulations? Why? To avoid the evil eye? Interesting... One is not supposed to tell a bride congratulations? Why? To avoid the evil eye? Interesting…

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