TerryJ2
Well-Known Member
We ran into an acquaintance at the grocery store last night who teaches runs a cotillion and etiquette workshop. She got out of line at the checkout and ran right up to difficult child and said, "C, nice to meet you. How old are you? What grade are you in?" (She can scope out an 11-yr-old from the moon.)
The other day at a car dealership, he shook hands with-someone but looked away. Afterward, I told him he was supposed to look the person in the eye at the same time he was shaking hands. difficult child said, "Why?"
"Because it's good manners, and it makes the other person feel important."
So when this person talked to him at the store, I reminded him of that handshaking incident and said that's the sort of thing she teaches.
Then she made it worse, LOL. "Oh, then we have the really fun parts--dancing."
I know difficult child was thinking Hip Hop, but she said, "Salsa, box step, all that fun stuff."
He looked like he wanted to crawl into a hole.
I said, "I'd have to bribe you with-a lot of wrestling magazines for that, wouldn't I?"
As we walked away, he said, "Would you really get me a bunch of wrestling magazines if I did Cotillion?"
"Sure!"
"Okay."
He has NO idea what he's in for this September, LOL.
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The other day at a car dealership, he shook hands with-someone but looked away. Afterward, I told him he was supposed to look the person in the eye at the same time he was shaking hands. difficult child said, "Why?"
"Because it's good manners, and it makes the other person feel important."
So when this person talked to him at the store, I reminded him of that handshaking incident and said that's the sort of thing she teaches.
Then she made it worse, LOL. "Oh, then we have the really fun parts--dancing."
I know difficult child was thinking Hip Hop, but she said, "Salsa, box step, all that fun stuff."
He looked like he wanted to crawl into a hole.
I said, "I'd have to bribe you with-a lot of wrestling magazines for that, wouldn't I?"
As we walked away, he said, "Would you really get me a bunch of wrestling magazines if I did Cotillion?"
"Sure!"
"Okay."
He has NO idea what he's in for this September, LOL.
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