Knowing That Others Have Gone Through Similar

When People Start Hurling Insults At You, You Know Their Minds Are Closed And There's No Point In Debating. You Disengage Yourself As Quickly As Possible From The Situation.

If It's Against State Law, It's Generally Considered A Breach Of Etiquette.

There Was No Singles Problem Until Singles Got So Single-minded That They Stopped Wasting Time With Anyone Ineligible. Before That, It Was Understood That One Of Society's Main Tasks Was Matchmaking. People With Lifelong Friendships And Ties To Local Nonprofessional Organizations Did Not Have To Fear That Isolation Would Accompany Retirement, Old Age, Or Losing A Spouse. Overburdened Householders Could Count On The Assistance Not Only Of Their Own Extended Families, But Of The American Tradition Of Neighborliness.

Allowing An Unimportant Mistake To Pass Without Comment Is A Wonderful Social Grace.

One Reason That The Task Of Inventing Manners Is So Difficult Is That Etiquette Is Folk Custom, And People Have Emotional Ties To The Forms Of Their Youth. That Is Why There Is Such Hostility Between Generations In Times Of Rapid Change; Their Manners Being Different, Each Feels Affronted By The Other, Taking Even The Most Surface Choices For Challenges.