Etiquette - August 2007

From a teenager to relatives / family friends

2007-08-20 15:56:10 · 15 answers · asked by yllasdivad080 2

2007-08-20 15:46:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whenever I go out to a resturant there is always somebody sitting on the stoop, directly in front of the resturant smoking a cigerette. When I was in line for the 7th Harry Potter book, a lady was smoking in line, where there dozens of kids. I'm sick of walking down the street and breathing fresh air; than suddenly I'm breathing in second hand smoke from cancer sticks. It's so rude. Some people I know act like cigerettes are needed for survival. I have asthma and it really bothers me when I have to breathe in second hand smoke, because not only is the person's health and the people in the surronding area's health being jeapordized, I end up with a clogged nose and sneezing. What do you think about public smoking? Personally, I hate cigerettes and I am completely appaled by them. I grew up breathing in second hand smoke; with parents who had full knowledge about my asthma. I think cigerettes should be illegal.

2007-08-20 15:38:47 · 19 answers · asked by Summer 1

i like to wear panty hose on my head! all the time
people say take those off
but i refuse
are there others like me?

2007-08-20 13:02:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-20 12:58:13 · 9 answers · asked by tara 1

I hate going to a smelly bathroom, why should the rest of have to smell what came out of someone else?

2007-08-20 12:54:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-20 10:28:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

It can be that I really know that particular thing better than him/her. What is there to be offended?

Can't it be that that particular thing is my area of specialty, even though not offically documented? Maybe I have experience, maybe some special interest, or maybe just by growing up in that particular place I feel that I know it better? We are talking about the facts, and it is either you know it or not.

What is a nice way to express that you know what you are talking about, and you know it better, without alienating the other person?

2007-08-20 09:20:31 · 11 answers · asked by User Z 2

I was raped not to long ago and now I am pregnant because of it. What am I suposed to tell my boyfriend. He knows that we haven't had sex with each other.

2007-08-20 08:57:11 · 5 answers · asked by dumb_blonde17123 1

Do you propose first and then ask her parents for thier blessing or do you ask them, then propose?

2007-08-20 08:55:35 · 6 answers · asked by rocks 1

well i am in middle school and this middle school is hard i am what you say "popular" but is comes with alot of responsibility you have to dress to impress and all that but I AM SICK OF TRYING TO IMPRESS PEOPLE i just want to be me now but i mean some of yall forgot that when yall were popular you had to dress well get F's where mini skirts that look like belts weight under 130 pounds have a BIG chest and a nice booty yes i have all these things but for ONCE i want to eat a piece of pizza with out haveing to do 50 sit ups afterwards i relized that my "friends" don't even like me, they like "Sasha" the girl i was pretending to be,,,,, but she is done and the REAL me is comeing out the intelligant A student like in elementry school ANY WAY THE QUESTION IS AM I RIGHT OR WRONG?????

2007-08-20 08:26:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The norm in America seems to be for both parents to work and for the young baby to be put in a daycare center. The daycare centers tend to me crowded, small, too expensive, and have uneducated and underpaid employees. Why is this acceptable to most American mothers?

2007-08-20 08:18:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother in-law has a habit of giving us things (we don't ask) just give us something then want it back. For instance we needed some blankets she gave us some of her old and I mean old like the stuffing was coming out with out us asking. We used them for awhile and when we could afford some we bought some and threw those out because they were falling apart. She got bent out of shape and said we should of given it back. My feeling it was a gift if I only used it one day or never once you give it to someone it is gone. I have given people stuff like baby clothes or whatever and I don't want it back. I don't even ask if they use it. It was a gift if they want to give it to someone else that is there business. This is just one in a long list of different examples of things she has given us then wants to know how often, duration, and frequency of use. Or will out right ask for it back and say she just loaned it to us even though she said this is for you because I don't need it anymore. She now gets mad because we don't accept anything from her anymore not even Christmas gifts because we are tired of the way she acts. Are we the ones wrong or is it her ?

2007-08-20 08:06:18 · 11 answers · asked by Big Daddy R 7

I live 2 hours away so when I go there I stay for 2 nights. On the other hand his roommates girlfriend stays there 3 or 4 nights a week & isnt asked to pay anything. My boyfriend & I were having problems & after 2 years i moved out. him and an aquaintance needed a place to stay so they joined together, went looking at houses and signed the lease with just them 2. is it ridiculous for his roommate 2 ask me 2 pay rent when none of my stuff is in that house? i visit and stay 2 nights. while his girlfriend stays more often. is it wrong of my boyfriend to not say hey if i want her to stay 3 nights it shouldnt be a problem? my boyfriend says hed like me to stay longer but doesnt want to cause problems. but i think he should be more of a man & stand up to his roommate. & his roommmate & his girlfriend always give me the cold shoulder. they never try 2 be nice 2 me but theyll sit there & have a good ol' conversation with my boyfriend while completely ignoring me. is it wrong for me to be upset

2007-08-20 08:05:51 · 14 answers · asked by Blessed 2

Is it rented just for the wake or is it sold back to the funeral home?

How much does it cost for the cremation?

2007-08-20 07:54:15 · 11 answers · asked by Wise@ss 4

2007-08-20 07:27:59 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean any form, by your own boyfriend, or daterape, or by a stranger. I am just wondering how common this is, I think it's more common than most people think. Share your story, if you want to. This has happened to me TWICE. I have a couple of friends who also have been. It's sick how often this happens.

2007-08-20 06:15:59 · 27 answers · asked by Jukebox 5

Do you think that good morals are something we are born with o'r does the way we are brought up determine that?

2007-08-20 05:55:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a very old good friend who has an adult daughter. Her daughter is a very overbearing and sometimes rude person. We all used to socialize together. There has been friction between myself and the daughter in the past, to the point that I didn't socialize with her at all for some time. My friend has been aware of this, and has at times unfortunately been in the middle of these conflicts. More recently, we had all been socializing together again, infrequently. This friend and I have grown apart somewhat, and her daughter moved out of state, much to my relief.

Hostilities were renewed when this friend went in the hosptital for an fairly serious but common surgery. I'll just say this involved female parts. Her daughter announced the upcoming procedure during a dinner out with a group of friends at a restaurant. My friend acted embarrassed, and as if she would have preferred that it not be discussed. After checking to make sure she would be OK, I dropped the issue.

2007-08-20 05:08:53 · 11 answers · asked by mrthing 4

Polite in a rude way-"May you PLEASE turn that radio down?!"

Rude in a polite way-"I'm sorry to tell you, but you're stupid."

***When I use the term WAY in this scenario, I mean tone of voice.

2007-08-20 04:56:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was this man on my contacts list. I thought at first hat he was a caring friend. He always tells me to think positive, but every one of my questions that I ask, he always answers them in an exasperated & insulting way. Isn't that contradictory? Today he posted an answer that made me so mad I had to take him off my contacts & block him. If my questions annoy him, then he shouldn't answer, right?

2007-08-20 04:52:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-20 04:39:04 · 12 answers · asked by lala 1

I need a thank you gift for a female attorney friend who represented me in two cases, which we won. Nothing seems to say thank you enough. I worked with her for 6 years. I was employed by another partner. The whole staff was close and we seemed to be the family away from home. Since then everyone has went their own way but I have been in touch with her because of these cases and her niece is a friend of mine. The attorney is on her way to retirement by the end of the year. What could possibly say thank you enough?

2007-08-20 04:25:28 · 20 answers · asked by kimbrlyar 2

2007-08-20 02:32:29 · 52 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-20 02:16:47 · 13 answers · asked by Socastee_Angel 2

The guy in question is a colleague. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but he isn't so polite about holding doors open etc. But always on an escalator -- maybe because the height difference on an escalator would be ideal if he was staring at my rear.

2007-08-20 02:09:04 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi,

I've been invited to a black tie event but don't want to go rent a tux because it's out of town and I would need to rent it for several days therefore it would cost me a fortune (I don't have time to pick it up in the city where the event is).

I don't wear a suit for work but I need to wear one several times this year and mine atre all getting old so I thought it would be a good opportunity to refresh my wardrobe.

Will I look out of place in a black suit? I know that a cousin of mine and my sister's boyfriend will also be wearing suits. Will we be sticking out like three sore thumbs?

Normally I wouldn't really care but the occasion is for a very close relative of mine so I don't want to reflect badly on her.

Thanks,
DT

2007-08-20 01:54:41 · 6 answers · asked by bucky 3

I am invited to a wedding of a coworkers and I cannot eat anything at the reception due to the use of latex gloves in the food prep area(highly allergic to latex). I want to go to the reception, but I don't want the bride and groom to pay for me if I am not going to eat. How do accept the invite and tell them don't set a place for me??? Or do I just go, say nothing, and don't eat? I am about to decline going at all.

2007-08-20 00:41:48 · 8 answers · asked by hazeleyedbeauty1967 6

Do they wear them to feel important? Are they showing off a piece of fashion. Or, are they just plan stupid? ASre they that important they can't miss a call?

2007-08-19 22:53:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was in New York city years ago with my parents and we ate at the Carnegie Deli. On the way out the waiter ran out of the doors and thanked us for coming. It took my dad a second or two to realize that he had forgotten to leave a tip for the waiter. How scuzzy was that for the waiter to come out after us? To me it seems kind of nervy.

2007-08-19 22:29:55 · 15 answers · asked by Peter N 1