DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received an invitation to a 60th wedding anniversary party and it states: “ABSOLUTELY NO GIFTS.”

What can I do for the lovely couple, with whom I have been friends for many, many years? I really want to give them something!!!

GENTLE READER: Then give them something priceless: a letter of appreciation about them and their friendship.

Stories by Judith Martin

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: For many years, I have been friends with a person who is intellectually disabled. I became ac

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