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[b]I'm thrilled to see your thread OP, because you are basically me, and I always hide this side of myself because people are so judgmental about us and think we are "uptight". But we're not! We are interested in etiquette because we LIKE people, and we like the company of other people, and etiquette exists to make life easier, better and more pleasant and enjoyable for everyone. It's only a tool of social exclusion when it lets you decide who will bring more of that pleasantness to your life and who will not.[/b]

Here are some of the things that I like to see:
- Yes, please dress with pride. That doesn't mean you need to spend money! The other day on the subway, I was covertly admiring a young woman out of the corner of my eye. She had nothing expensive on, but she had soft wavy hair that she neatly pinned back from her face, she wore red lipstick that looked great against her pale skin, and she was dressed in an adorable vintage-y fit-and-flare white lace dress with a high neck and generally looked very retro. She may well have bought her outfit at a thrift store but she looked charming and put-together.

- Yes! Don't be late! I'm a stickler for punctuality and take lateness as a sign of disrespect.

- Don't reach across the table for a dish, ask someone to pass it to you (you'd be surprised how many adults I've seen lunge across the table for a dish!)

- I like hand-written thank you notes because they're so personal, thoughtful and have a gravitas about then that a thank-you text doesn't.

- If your parents introduce you to someone, give them a big, friendly smile and ask them how they are. So many teens have this surly attitude, or a snotty look on their face, like "who are you and why is Mom making me waste my time saying hi to you?" I wonder how such well-mannered adults turn out such rude children sometimes. I can't be the only one who notices this? [/quote]

+1  :thumbup: [/quote]

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