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.

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: For many years, I have been friends with a person who is intellectually disabled. I became acquainted with him and his sister, who cared for him; his sister has now died, and he is living independently.

I take him on family camping trips, take him to lunches and dinners and visit with him often, as does the rest of my family. He and my son have developed a solid friendship.

After his sister died, his sister

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