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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: Before an old boys’ reunion, should I tip people off to an interesting fact?

Plus: My 40th birthday is coming up and I realise I’ve got too many friends

4 July 2015

9:00 AM

4 July 2015

9:00 AM

Q. The problem encountered by R.B. of Fareham (6 June) is similar to one I wish to avoid. I have organised an informal lunch for old boys of the grammar school we all joined in the 1950s, aged 11. There will be only a few there, not more than ten, and I know from previous reunions that most of them are married with children and grandchildren.

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