Manners never go out of style.
I had the GGboys yesterday.. and we were doing things around the yard and then inside.. We were coloring pictures.. The boys were making their own. I have a cheap design coloring book. I call it a pablum book, you know, when you can do something with out thinking..
When one of the boys decide
to share a color with the other.. I asked the receiver .. what do you
say.. He looks at me for a minute and
then he said.. Oh, thank you.. I told
him good.. then I turn to the other one…
and said.. and what do you say? He just
looked at me.. I said.. how about “you
welcome”.. So he said it. This went on several times over borrowed
colors.. to getting water for one of the boys.. Then out of the blue I said.. you
know.. when young boys say thank you and
you welcome.. grown ups think that is
pretty special that you say that.. As
not many say that anymore. It is the polite thing to do.. The oldest said..
yea, Mom has us say thank you to others..
I said how about to each other..
He looked at me, like I was crazy..
I said.. well, when you do something nice for someone.. don’t you like it when the person tells you
thank you/? He said.. yea, I guess I do.
I told him. Being polite is a nice way of being nice to others. Let’s them know you appreciate what they did
for you.. So off and on thru the rest of
the art time.. I would hear one say to the other as a marker flew by me.. THANK
YOU…… YOU WELCOME… and I smiled..
Manners never go out of
style.. and we as the older generation need to let them know that.
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