Is Chivlary dead? (Page 2)

Gypsy..as been the going trend this week, I couldn't disagree with you more!  (you shouldn't be suprised)

In my answer above, I believe I said "friend", not a girlfriend or a significant other or "someone I am trying to get in the sack".  This BS about being equal...good for them if women are becoming equal...it is about time, but damn if I am going to let a lady pump gas for me.  Hell, I have enough trouble letting one pay for dinner...even a friend!  I hold open doors, pay for dinners, lend them my coat when it is cold, and even pump their gas if needed, because it is a courtesy and the RIGHT thing to do...no because they are a "weaker sex" or becuase I need to feel better as a man.  with thoughts like these...maybe Chivalry is dying. 

Oops!  Damn! Triple-post.  I tend to get a bit excited just thinking of Jessi.

It's definitely not dead.  I almost always open doors for my wife, unlock her side of the car first, then shut the door for her, carry things for her, etc.  I think sometimes it surprises some of the women I work with when I do things like that, especially the car door thing, but that was the way I was brought up.

Chris

Well, good thing you didn't put an age requirement on that statement above!  There is still hope!  (** crosses fingers**)

But I do have to say that I am still waiting on the "dating question" from above that you started to ask.

I find people most people are generally polite.  I always smile, open doors, hold doors, offer to carry old people's groceries, and I find for the most part I get that same politeness right back.  When someone goes out of their way to be polite to me, it makes my day, and I in turn pass it on. (but when I'm in a cranky-bitch mood - watch out )

I agree with what someone here said, that it's a bit creepy when it's forced. (from a dating perspective). You can tell in the first 15 minutes which guys are genuine good people, and which ones have just learned the right lines and moves, to be used at their convenience.  It took me 18 years of dating to learn the difference, appreciate the difference, celebrate the difference, and finally marry the difference!!!!