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What do you miss most from that world? I read every reply.

My grandpa still stands up when a woman comes to the table. I used to think it was old-fashioned, but honestly I kind of miss that kind of thing

People still wrote letters to each other for decades after the ball point pen was introduced. It just made letter writing easier. It also did more than anything else to normalize being left handed.

Some of these I still do to a point.  I shake hands with both men and women, especially in professional settings.  Punctuality is still important.  I open the door for women but also for men if they are carrying something or right behind me.  I dress properly for the occasion when it is appropriate to wear a suit.  The rest of the time I am casual but never sloppy.  I always wear a hat in public, either fedoras or flat caps depending on the formality.

Also I never heard the one about making late dinner guests sit by themselves.  That sounds really bizarre and disrespectful treating them like a 5 year old who needs time out.  If someone tried to pull that stunt on me I would leave and never come back.

The amount of men that don't wash their hands after the restroom is why I don't really shake hands anymore.

Nowadays,  if you were to perform any of these gracious acts, people would stare at you as though you'd lost your mind.   All the stuff I was trained to do as a kid in the 1960's...   now seems silly to most people.  Unfortunately.

I never read Emily Post. I was blessed with a grandmother who never went out in public without a hat or scarf. I still remove my hat when entering a home, business, or church.

As a small boy my mother reminded me to shake hands with the older men & as the wives were aunts or similar they got a kiss hello. Hats were never worn inside & you just accepted these rules. Now I rarely get a hand shake from this current generation & as my older generation passed away, I miss the old ways of respect.

A man didn't initiate a handshake to a woman.

I do all of these things, with one (distasteful) caveat.  My employer required me to stop standing when a woman enters the room.  ONEOK is a wonderful company to work for, but when I retire, this “demanded vulgarity” will be mentioned during my retirement exit feedback.  I don’t suppose anything positive will come out of it, but I will bring attention to it irregardless.  Manners maketh man.

When walking on a street with a woman, the gentleman walks on the sidewalk nearest to the road

I don't necessarily miss all of these. Times change. For the most part prior to the 1900s a "properly raised" woman could not be approached by a strange man without being formally introduced. Why was it necessary for men to stand when a woman entered the room? Out of respect? Respect for what? Shouldn't women respect men in the same way? At one time when a man and woman went to some fine restaurants, the women would be given a menu with no prices showing. It's stupid because I would never accidentally order a high priced item unless I knew he could afford it. I also don't mind going dutch or picking up the check. It depends on who invited whom.
When I was younger, I could exit a car without someone opening the door for me or opening the door in a building.
Some manners make sense, but some manners were just demeaning.

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