Miss Manners: We saw what was happening and fled the New Year’s party. Was that…

: I attended a New Year’s Eve party with about four other couples. At 10:30, people started leaving, and I quickly came to realize my husband and I would be the last remaining guests. Related Articles I was afraid it would be rude to be the only ones there and have the hosts feel obligated to continue to entertain just us until after midnight. So my husband and I also got our coats and left just behind the other guests, leaving our hosts with an empty house. Was it right to leave and not be the last remaining guests, or would it have been better to stay until the new year was toasted? How awful for the hosts to be deserted during…