Miss Manners: ‘Next time, please give up your seat to someone richer’

Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.

: My wife’s best friend from high school, “Nelly,” has become a very successful businesswoman. Each year, she will invite us to the fall fundraiser for the local performing arts society, which raises funds for local theater groups. She will buy a table of eight for this event and invite us to join her.

Most of the attendees are persons with the highest social standing in our community, with the money to match. The amount people spend at the silent and live auctions, in my opinion, is ridiculous. For example, $1,500 for a winery tour and tasting where you get to pick out two bottles of wine. A “movie night” basket with probably $25 worth of items that sells for $200, etc.

Every couple is registered and given a bidding paddle with a number. My wife’s friend has said multiple times that we are guests of hers and are under no obligation to bid on or buy anything.

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