tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post5865971483332255481..comments2023-12-25T11:13:04.495+00:00Comments on Seraphic Singles: Don't Drown Your RescuerSeraphichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-53550143310823672292010-04-18T22:52:36.777+01:002010-04-18T22:52:36.777+01:00Very true, o leonine!Very true, o leonine!Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-55045798436090312172010-04-08T23:03:57.946+01:002010-04-08T23:03:57.946+01:00Or maybe I've been a. reading too much Jane Au...Or maybe I've been a. reading too much Jane Austen and b. spending too much time in close proximity to undergraduates! (Any among present company excluded, of course!)leoninenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-55267328066197912022010-04-08T23:02:46.660+01:002010-04-08T23:02:46.660+01:00So much of what you've posted recently seems t...So much of what you've posted recently seems to be about politeness. I don't mean to be snobbish or pedantic about this, as I know people who get uptight about manners can be from time to time. It's not about using a seafood fork properly, but about treating people with appropriate warmth and respect. Dressing appropriately for the occasion (and words across one's derriere are never appropriate!), doing one's best to welcome people and set them at ease, formulating introductions, making civil conversation, exercising restraint in airing controversial opinions: this all seems to be part of general civility and decorum. Being mannerly (and not in some fussy, overly formal way), gives me a relaxed sort of confidence and can help put others at ease as well.leoninenoreply@blogger.com