Miss Manners: I won a prestigious award and people are fixated on my age?

Dear Miss Manners: One of my novels received a prestigious award. Upon learning this from a mutual friend, an acquaintance approached me and said, “Congratulations, but what a shame this didn’t happen years ago when you were still young enough to enjoy it.” I gathered my 70-year-old wits and polite...

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