Monday Series....Manners and Etiquette Monday
3:00 AM I will beginning different series on certain days. Monday's will be Manners and Etiquette Monday. I love manners and find myself always teaching my children about them. Since they seem to always be on my lips I am always blown away over how much our youth (of America) seem to lack them, along with plenty adults. Trust me I understand the time to let loose and enjoy it at the appropriate time even more so when done correctly. Though as the Mama's and the Papa's sang "Turn Turn Turn" and so eloquently written in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 "To everything there is a season."
Manners and Etiquette Monday
Curiosity killed the cat or the era of etiquette
More and more people have taken the privilege of freedom of speech to the extreme. Everyone is speaking their mind and forgetting that even though you have the right to say what you want and wish you are not taking into consideration the person receiving thus said speech. Now please I understand the importance of speaking or asking questions when in times that are important but here lets talk about the wrong curiosity with freedom of speech.
*One does not ask when a dating couple is ever going to get married, if a newlywed couple will ever have children. One does not ask a family with children if they are done?*
We have no idea what is happening in between that couple to ask any said questions. What if that couple can't have children? Question like that put that family in an uncomfortable mind frame with you. Could bring up hurt, pain, many feelings we don't know about.
When a large family is asked "Are you done yet?" "Isn't that enough?" you are basically entering a combat mind frame with them. You are asking questions that one are extremely personal and truly are not any of your business.
Now there is a flip side to this, if you find yourself on the receiving end of such comments please remember your manners also. I will admit in the past I did lose my temper a view times in which I have grown from. Especially when my children are around. They watch our every move and comment. They absorb good and bad manners. So one I will not be the one asking and when asked I remember another rule
* A quaintrelle knows how to make others at ease*
Basically just smile and say to yourself they were just making small talk. Let me tell you that I’ve heard it all and then some. Most of the time, people don’t intend to be mean or critical and they just want to say something. So take the high road and smile and remind yourself you are in control of yourself and your action and I choose to act out of grace
Do you have a habit of asking questions or are you on the receiving end? What are the craziest personal question you've been asked? Would love to hear your feedback.
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