DEAR MISS MANNERS: Just over a year ago, myself, a friend and that friend’s cousin “Grace” were asked to be bridesmaids in the wedding of another friend, “Tara.” Tara did not have a lot of female friends, so Grace was asked, despite being just an acquaintance. She agreed.

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In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether a woman should have invited an acquaintance to her wedding after she was a bridesmaid in the acquaintance's wedding.