I am giving an outfit and shoes for my friend at work's baby shower. I don't know if it is appropriate to leave the tags on them as I wrap it. Is it or is it not?!?!? I am also enclosing the gift receipt. I have been told by some to take it off and some...

For my birthday last month I threw a small get-together with some friends. One of my friends attended and gave me a birthday gift. Her birthday is in a few weeks, but she is not having a get-together. She lives about an hour away and is doing something...

The couple that sent the gift has RSVP'd that they will be attending our couples baby shower, but I am unsure if it is appropriate for me to open the gifts before the shower or if it would be better for me to wait until the shower. Can someone advise me...

I have a friend whom I don't know that well but I see occasionally through friends of friends. This person just recently got married. I wasn't invited to the wedding and I didn't anticipate that I would be, but I heard that this person was going to get...

Is sending flowers to the family appropriate? Gift baskets of food? Sympathy cards? I don't live anywhere near them, so I can't run over and put a wreath on the grave or give an Imam money to make prayers. What would be the polite and helpful thing to...

I've always wondered if it was proper etiquette, if you had to buy a bridal shower gift AND a wedding gift- or is just one gift fine ?

My great great aunt died recently. The service was a small one for only the immediate family. Since the funeral was small and no flowers could be sent, what is proper etiquette as far as a sympathy card? Should I include money? A gift card so my cousin's...

My husband and I really want to do something for his old manager and his wife who are expecting their first baby. This manager was fantastic and went out of his way to help our family, but we dont have the sort of relationship where we keep in touch. We...

I am mailing a sympathy card to my aunt in England because my uncle passed away a week ago. However, I also want to send her a thank you card for a birthday gift she gave to me. Would it be appropriate to put both cards in the same envelope or could...

I frequent a store owned by a Vietnamese woman & her family. She has always been friendly & we know each other by name. Recently her husband was shot at another store they own. She told me about this when I visited and gave me a copy of the funeral...