DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have neighbors we are not interested in being friends with.

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We are a religious family and believe in God. They have a black ram’s head hanging in their living room, if you catch my drift.

They keep inviting us to events at their home or to spend time with them, and we don’t know how to politely decline without making anyone angry. How do we keep our distance?

— STAYING AWAY IN NEW YORK

DEAR STAYING AWAY: Have you and your husband been accepting their invitations? If that’s the case, start backing away by having “other plans.”

However, if they don’t take the hint, begin sending them religious tracts from your denomination, and they may disappear in a puff of sulfur.

DEAR ABBY: My husband is going to be 70 next month. He is in good physical

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