DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often with this co-worker.) I told him that I felt it was inappropriate, and that he should give them back.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a wife who is bothered by their husband receiving an expensive gift from a female co-worker.

He even went and bought another one on his own, and it turns out each one cost over $100. There is a whole load of context here, but I don’t think there’s any need to share all of that. GENTLE READER: No doubt.