Dear Miss Manners: Is it now considered “pretentious,” as my 12-year-old son suspects, to respond to a formal party invitation with the traditional wording, ” — — accepts with pleasure the kind ...

Is it now considered "pretentious," as my 12-year-old son suspects, to respond to a formal party invitation with the traditional wording, "————— accepts with pleasure the kind invitation of ————— to — ...

Dear Miss Manners: Is it now considered “pretentious,” as my 12-year-old son suspects, to respond to a formal party invitation with the traditional wording, “————— accepts with pleasure the kind ...

Dear Miss Manners: Is it now considered "pretentious," as my 12-year-old son suspects, to respond to a formal party invitation with the traditional wording, "----- accepts with pleasure the kind ...

All right, I admit it -- the world has changed. I understand that almost nobody sits down and writes out traditional, formal invitations to parties, dinners, dances and the like -- the kind of ...