Greetings, Miss Manners My father-in-law gifted me a necklace years ago, completely out of the blue. He had given his wife, who had passed away years earlier, a lot of jewelry, including this one. Other family members also received some pieces from him.
I don’t like wearing the necklace since it tangles and needs to be adjusted every time I wear it. In the meantime, my sister-in-law occasionally talks about how unhappy she is with the diamond earrings she got.
Shall I simply hand her the necklace? When I had it appraised previously, they estimated its value to be around $39,000.
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PERSONAL READER: Approximately 39,000? Miss Manners hopes you added too many zeros or that you mean pesos or rupees.
By all means, give it to your sister-in-law if the monetary worth is genuinely insignificant to you. You would always be indebted to her.
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