On Fri 21 Jan 2005 09:56:22p, Edwin Pawlowski called across the abyss...

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> "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
>>> One thing I did with my boys as they went into middle school
>>> age:::::::: When they and I were at a restaurant (when their dad
>>> wasn't with us), I would slip them money under the table, and they
>>> would ask for the bill and see to paying the waiter and figuring the
>>> tip. I also had one of them order for me, as my husband would have
>>> done had he been there. In this way they learned how a young man
>>> should behave on a date, etc., so as not to feel awkward later.
>>
>> What!
>
> What what? That's the way it used to be. The man always did the
> ordering and paid the bill. The wait staff used to always come to the
> gentleman for the order. That was considered good manners.
>
> It may be old fashioned but my wife still likes for me to order for her
> also because it makes her feel special getting treated like a queen.
> Unfortunately, the staff will always ask her first. My wife has never
> paid the bill or pumped gas in her car, or started a fire in the wood
> stove either.

Unfortunately it's a time gone by for the most part. A sad passing, IMHO!

Wayne