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.

Recently, my friend told me that her best friend was offended that she wasn’t given these hand-me-downs instead of me. (Her friend hopes to be pregnant soon, but is not yet.) Then she told me to give the clothes to her friend when we are done with them.

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