1950s etiquette tips win teen $300K book deal

The New York Post ^ | October 30, 2013 | Kate Sheehy

[greeneyes]

Respect is nice, and often lacking in today’s society. It’s a two way street though. Treating others with respect is the first step in earning their respect.

[Ellendra]

Ladys I pinged you as I respect your thoughts. Am I wrong?

I freely admit to being weird, and quite frankly the closest I've been to a romantic relationship in the last few years has been when I had to report 2 guys I work with for harassment.
(One wouldn't take "No" for an answer, the other was grabby. I don't just report people for something like that on a whim.)

That said, I would love it if a guy respected my boundaries enough to ask permission to cross them like the guy in your example.

[greeneyes]

I was just a kid in the 1950s. I do remember dressing up for church, and gloves being a necessity to go with the outfit. We also wore “bonnets” at Easter and other special occasions.

I remember that the skirts were really long at church.

For more casual wear, my dad had me a coat, hat, and gloves made out of deerskin from the deer he killed for us to eat. The girls at school had long skirts and bobby sox and penny loafers or oxfords.

Drill team was a big deal, and of course that was a uniform with long skirts.

In 1968, Hubby started a new job as a teacher. We were very poor as he had just graduated from college. I only had 2 choices to wear to a welcome dinner with the school board.

A very unflattering dress, or a pant’s suit. Hubby said wear the pant’s suit, so I did. At that time, female teachers were not allowed to wear pant suits, so I really didn’t want to. However, I finally decided to follow his advice.

I got lots of side-line glances, but no one said a word. I knew I looked good in the suit, so it didn’t bother me too much to have people kinda staring when they thought you weren’t looking. People probably thought I was some sort of feminist.LOL

[Mr. K]

The proper way is to not get them in the first place, and the BEST way to do that is to wash your face several times a day with plain ivory soap.

The pimple you see today is from some dirt that got trapped into your pores 2 weeks ago

Wash, and wipe with peroxide occasionally too (good for your whole body too)

[redgolum]

When I was a freshman in college, I would open doors for women and girls my own age. After the fifth time I got called a sexist pig for doing so, I stopped.

I also would not kiss on the first date. Many of the girls I went on a date with assumed I was gay or not interested since I didn’t try to take off their top or their pants.

Things have changed.

[NCLaw441]

Did she pay your way? If so, she may have been worth keeping— for a while.