Chances are, some of your friends’ or family’s weddings and parties that were postponed due to COVID are being rescheduled for this summer and fall. In fact, you may have too many invitations and are trying to determine which events to attend. What should you take into account?
According to Dr. Neha Nanda, medical director of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship for Keck Medicine of USC, there are nine questions you should ask yourself when considering whether or not to attend. Check those out here, plus an etiquette expert’s tips on how to ask the host for the details you need and how to respectfully decline an invitation.
Xo, Ashley Rockman
P.S. This is my last newsletter before I go out on parental leave. Senior Reporter Brittany Wong will be taking over in my absence, so you’ll be in great hands! Thank you for your continued readership and I’ll check back in with a baby pic :)
In case you missed it You may have seen the viral Twitter thread and Reddit post about an “apology dinner” last week. If you’re wondering what an apology dinner is, so are we — and so is the rest of the internet. According to the Redditor, an apology dinner is a meal in which someone apologizes to someone else in front of the whole family, and there are seemingly a host of rules that must be followed, including who prepares the meal 🤨. Never fear, we have a breakdown of the thread and asked therapists whether they think this is even a good idea.
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