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[Lilith Cherry]

Yes Medusa, sad to say they were; so much for hard-faced wrong thinking "womens libbers"!! I am glad to say though that they are still polite gentlemen of whom I am very proud

[smokey the elder]

Thanks for the Heinlein quote. I was trying to remember it; he also (I think) called manners the lubricant that smooths civilization or something like that. He was quite the wise old curmudgeon.

There is hope; my niece is bringing up her kids with good manners, and I make it a point to complement her and reinforce the kids when I see them. To this day I have trouble calling my doctoral advisor by her given name; I wouldn't do it until she kept teasing me!

[sparks19]

Yeah I'm also one that just couldn't call my friends parents by their first names even if they asked me too. Except my best friend in highschool LOL I ended up starting to call her mom ... MOM 2. lol we spent so much time at each others house it was like we were sharing parents. And even still now her mom refers to herself as my other mom haha.

So now with Hannah since it seems to becoming more and more that people want to be called by their first names instead of mr or mrs (I dont' know why but some people get ticked when you call them mrs X or Mr Y and insist that Mrs X is their mother and not them lol) So for those who don't want to be called by their last names we refer to t hem as Miss Tina or Mr Joe. That way we are respecting their want to be called by their first name but still using the formal Miss and Mr

[carole]

I think everyone should be treated with respect, not just the elderly, but yes i do agree common courtesy has really disappeared a lot in our society,when i visited the USA over 30yrs ago, i could not get over how lovely the shop assistants were, hi how are you? have a nice day when you left etc, we were sure lacking that down under, now of course it is the normal, and to be honest you kind of get tired of being asked it every shop you go into ,but still it is nicer than no response what so ever.

Not all is lost in the younger generation though, i came home yesterday, with my hands full, approaching the gate, my daughter's 17 yr old boyfriend was sitting on the verandah with her, he got up and opened the gate for me, now that was nice.,mind you he is a very nice young man, with manners, does not swear and obviously has had a great upbringing ,he is a credit to his mother for sure.

I Guess it is still out there we just have to look for it a bit harder lol.

[Marigold2]

The phrase the bothers me is "Have a good one"