DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend went to a wedding one month ago and has yet to give the couple a gift. She fully intends to (intended to?), but that is beside the point.
She received an e-mail from the groom that read, "Did I send you our address? We have a nice little thank-you note waiting with your lovely name on it, but nothing to write in it yet."
My friend is mortified that he would have the nerve to ask her the whereabouts of his wedding present. How should she respond?
GENTLE READER: Miss Manners is always gratified to hear of those who write prompt thank-you letters, if less enthralled when these turn out to be extortion notes. But as the gentleman seems to appreciate them, she suggests your friend sends him one. It could say, "Thank you for thinking of me," after which you can call it quits.
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