DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have a close friend who gives gifts we are not wild about, but display anyway. If she does not see her gift when here, she will ask about it: where is it, don’t you like it, etc.
She is a sweet lady, but so needy. So we take down art we enjoy and put up the cat-in-the-bathtub picture. No sense hurting her feelings, right? Your thoughts?
GENTLE READER: That you are a rare, good friend. Consider that every time you have to look at the cat in the bathtub.
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