DEAR MISS MANNERS: What's the best response when you're wished "Safe travel" or told to "Have a good time"? I presume "Thanks" checks the box, but is there something better?
GENTLE READER: Well, there is "I'll miss you terribly and think of you day and night," but not a lot of occasions to use it. At least not without either overexciting or alarming people who only voiced a simple pleasantry.
Therefore, Miss Manners warns you that there are times when it is safer just to check the "Thanks" box.
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