DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are having an outdoor cocktail party. Since it is outdoors, would it be acceptable to have people enter through our yard gate instead of going through the house, then into the yard? We will have people welcome guests as they walk up to the house and show them where to go. We will be using our guest house’s bathroom for the party, so there’s no reason for anyone to enter the main house. I tend to be a very private person; I do not enjoy taking people on tours of my home, nor do I ask others to give me a tour of theirs. In the past, I have found people roaming…
