So...I'm entering this restaurant today and this little boy (maybe 6 or 7 y.o.) was coming out as I was coming in. I went to grab the door and he cut in front of me and said "I got it," then proceeded to hold the door open for me. FREAKIN' OUTSTANDING! Parents, keep teaching your young men that chivalry is not dead and appreciated!
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I can only imagine the smile that little dude brought to your face. Chivalry is not dead, I agree.
Good overall manners are making a comeback, too, I hear! LOL!
He did indeed leave a smile on my face! It's refreshing to see such an act in a hip hop swagger world.
Glad to know these values are not lost! : )
Nah it's dead.
A couple of weeks ago I was coming through a door in downtown Charleston; and I made it a point to hold the door open for a young lady that was coming in behind me. She looked at me and told me that she didn't need for me to hold the door open for her, that she could do that herself.
I told her that I feel sorry for her.
Reggie,
Lol...That must have been the exception because I absolutely LOVE when a gentleman acts accordingly. Don't let one bad apple spoil the bunch!
I remember in college there was this one young man who would stand up at the lunch table every time a woman approached the table to sit down, or if she got up to get something. Most people laughed at this guy, and some women even made a game out of it... they would sit down, then get back up, then sit back down again just to watch him jump up and down. I think we have been taught recently that being chivalrous is something to mock or laugh at. I remember the first time my ex and I went out to dinner, he tried to pull out my chair for me, and I had NO IDEA what he was doing, and I had never seen a man do this before.
Its not even chivalry only, it is basic human politeness. I remember the same ex telling me that his mother (who was an older West Indian woman) was a bit offended because when I met her I said "hi" or "hello" as if she were a friend. He told me if was more appropriate to say "good afternoon" or "good evening" as a greeting. And I thought I had learned good manners from my parents, but apparently things have changed so much that even when people think they teach their children to be polite, they do not emphasize treating their elders with respect.
Joanna,
It's a shame that people mock manners. I absolutely can't stand when a child answers an adult with "yeah" or "huh". "Yes" should be the appropriate answer. Maybe it comes from an upbringing that I experienced but it drives me crazy when they do this.
I agree with you that we have to drive home the importance of respecting our elders. I look to them as I look to my own grandparents...with respect!
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