DEAR MISS MANNERS: My best friend and I graduated from college together 50 years ago. We have fished together all these years and had many wonderful times. I helped him apply for his first job as a teacher when he got out of the Navy (I knew the school superintendent). When he wanted to purchase some land on the water so he could sail, I helped him get approval for the lot. He and his wife have told me many times that if it were not for me, they would not have such a beautiful place to live. He and his wife would send Christmas cards and birthday cards expressing their love for me. He would sa…