Why are there SO FEW Getlemen Left?

It seems like plain and simple manners amongst most men are gone these days...

Wha tever happened to opening doors for a lady- pulling her chair out to sit- or standing when a lady leaves the table????

I'm lucky that my BF is one-

But I find bad manners amongst men rampant these days-

Especially YOUNG men.

im 23...i open doors for people pick up things when they drop them and everything...so who knows.

without blowing my own trumpet, i would say i was a gentleman. the thing is now people take the pi55 out of me for being so. seriously i'm ashamed of the way society is now, particularly in the UK. I insist on walking on the outside of a lady down the road/street, open and hold doors etc etc. I hold doors open for strangers and people don't even say thanks anymore. i wonder why i bother sometimes, but i still do. so there are a few of us out there, just fewer and fewer

It's the same reason many families don't eat Sunday dinners together (or any other day of the week), don't worship together like before, etc. Old traditions die out over time for better or worse. Not to mention our society is far more sexual than ever before, so the value of a woman is lost on many men especially if they don't have a proper male influence guiding them.

You know, I try to do the gentlemen-ly things with girls, but I never knew until recently that I needed to stand when they left the table. Thanks for the reminder on that one. ;)

EDIT: Oh and the feminist movement might have had an effect on it, too. :lol:

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Originally Posted by cantona5

without blowing my own trumpet, i would say i was a gentleman. the thing is now people take the pi55 out of me for being so. seriously i'm ashamed of the way society is now, particularly in the UK. I insist on walking on the outside of a lady down the road/street, open and hold doors etc etc. I hold doors open for strangers and people don't even say thanks anymore. i wonder why i bother sometimes, but i still do. so there are a few of us out there, just fewer and fewer

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yes- a lady should always walk on the nside of the street when with a gentleman

and you are right about opening doors for people- i do it all the time or hold them and some don't even say thanks you-

glad u are still left :)

yeah. i neer stood when a lady left the table, but otherwise, I do my best to be a gentleman. But in the long run it becomes manners = nice guy = FRIEND ZONE!!! plus a good chunk of women arent very courteous either. As my fave comedian Richard Pryor said "Chivalry is dead, but women killed it"

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Originally Posted by Fox

It's the same reason many families don't eat Sunday dinners together (or any other day of the week), don't worship together like before, etc. Old traditions die out over time for better or worse. Not to mention our society is far more sexual than ever before, so the value of a woman is lost on many men especially if they don't have a proper male influence guiding them.

You know, I try to do the gentlemen-ly things with girls, but I never knew until recently that I needed to stand when they left the table. Thanks for the reminder on that one. ;)

EDIT: Oh and the feminist movement might have had an effect on it, too. :lol:

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Very good obeservations

I agree on many points.

But I do think this info. is lost from generation to generation.

And yeah- if you reallyw ant to impress a girl- stand up when she leaves the table :)

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Originally Posted by blckhaze

yeah. i neer stood when a lady left the table, but otherwise, I do my best to be a gentleman. But in the long run it becomes manners = nice guy = FRIEND ZONE!!! plus a good chunk of women arent very courteous either. As my fave comedian Richard Pryor said "Chivalry is dead, but women killed it"

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i don't agree-

romantically i have been most impressed by men who were gentlemen

the one's who were not- did not last long
or did not impress me

but glad u are a gentleman :)

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Originally Posted by AllanahStarrNYC

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Originally Posted by blckhaze

yeah. i neer stood when a lady left the table, but otherwise, I do my best to be a gentleman. But in the long run it becomes manners = nice guy = FRIEND ZONE!!! plus a good chunk of women arent very courteous either. As my fave comedian Richard Pryor said "Chivalry is dead, but women killed it"

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i don't agree-

romantically i have been most impressed by men who were gentlemen

the one's who were not- did not last long
or did not impress me

but glad u are a gentleman :)

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And im glad your a lady in the true sense of the word.
Ladies get what they deserve. If you show class and respect, you get that in return. if you dont, then dont let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.

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Originally Posted by AllanahStarrNYC

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Originally Posted by Fox

It's the same reason many families don't eat Sunday dinners together (or any other day of the week), don't worship together like before, etc. Old traditions die out over time for better or worse. Not to mention our society is far more sexual than ever before, so the value of a woman is lost on many men especially if they don't have a proper male influence guiding them.

You know, I try to do the gentlemen-ly things with girls, but I never knew until recently that I needed to stand when they left the table. Thanks for the reminder on that one. ;)

EDIT: Oh and the feminist movement might have had an effect on it, too. :lol:

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Very good obeservations

I agree on many points.

But I do think this info. is lost from generation to generation.

And yeah- if you reallyw ant to impress a girl- stand up when she leaves the table :)

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Thank you American Gangster for the lesson! :D