Miss Manners: Try to ignore neighbor’s bragging

Dear Miss Manners: I person a neighbour who makes it a constituent to archer maine that she and her hubby person an concern portfolio worthy $1 million-plus.

I negociate a grin and a “That’s wonderful!,” but I was brought up to not notation specified things. And yes, determination is an aerial of superiority and self-satisfied smugness astir her remark that does, I admit, hitch maine the incorrect way.