DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend and I both have baby girls: Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months. She has given me a whole bunch of her little girl’s clothes -- such a high volume of items that some still had the tags on.

A parent feels frustrated at being asked to give back baby clothes so another woman can use them as well. Dear Miss Manners: My friend and I both have baby girls: Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months.

I'm perfectly capable of purchasing clothes for my own kids, but I had come to depend on the ones she had insisted on giving me.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about passing down baby clothes.