Re: Courtly behavior

[Heather Swann <heather@pop.net>]

Poster: Heather Swann <heather@pop.net>

>

This sort of thing has been common in this Kingdom for the last several years
by my observation.  If I've seen any ladies being helped, it has mainly been
the pretty young things, although there are still some lords who help ladies in
general.

Miri

> (snip) I will give a example, to see a lady walk under the
> burden of several baskets, bags or even one , along the way she passes many
> able young men, whom are all either to busy, don?t know or haven?t been
> taught properly, or plain just don?t care. Years ago, this was not a scene
> that occurred in our Society, but today it is I am afraid to say a very
> common occurrence. I think what troubles me even more however is not the
> fact that the other gentlemen didn?t think enough to offer to help, but the
> look of surprise on the ladies face. That tells me" Wow, this never happens
> to me what a nice person." or in otherwords it is something that happens so
> rarely that it is a novelty to the lady. Which it should never be. That is
> but one small thing, but it?s all the small things that make the difference.
>
> (snip)Galen The Traveller
> Capt. of His Highness? Bodyguard
>



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