Miss Manners: I spent hundreds on my friend’s wedding, but she still expected a gift
A longtime friend asked a known baker to make a carrot cake for a small wedding; after spending hundreds on the event she says the friend still expected a gift and their relationship is damaged.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Years ago, a close friend of mine was getting married. As I am known as a good baker among my friends, she asked if I would bake her a carrot cake for her wedding. I demurred, explaining that I was not qualified to bake a wedding cake. She insisted, saying it would be a small wedding with perhaps 20 guests.