[who knows what evil?]

I open the door for her when we go to the car. I hold doors for her. I always walk with her so that I’m protecting her (i.e. nearest to traffic on a sidewalk), and when we’re in a restaurant, I always face the restaurant to be aware of who is coming and going and I can react if danger comes in.

Wow...I thought I was the LAST 'nut' left in this country that acted like that... :-)

It took my wife a while to get used to that 'sidewalk routine'...

[rarestia]

There’s one practice that I try my damnedest to do, but I always wind up forgetting or otherwise dropping it depending on the company I keep: standing when a woman enters the room.

There were numerous occasions when I was a teen when I was outright laughed at for standing when a woman entered the room. In many ways, high school “bred” it out of me. When our teacher would come in or any adult of stature, I would stand up from my desk out of respect. I think by halfway through my freshman year, I’d all but stopped doing it.

When I was growing up, we were required, by threat of extreme death glance by my step-father, to stand for any woman or elder who entered a room. We were not to sit before our mother sat down. We were not to sit until our elders sat. Made for very interesting dates with some girls when I was growing up. It was so “quaint” to them. For me, it was a requirement.

I pine for the old days.

[okie01]

when we’re in a restaurant, I always face the restaurant to be aware of who is coming and going and I can react if danger comes in.

In which case, you are frustrating the best efforts of the professional maitre d's.

The best try to seat the ladies so that they are facing the dining area, so as to decorate their restaurant with beautiful faces.