"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri 21 Jan 2005 09:56:22p, Edwin Pawlowski called across the abyss...
>
> >
> > "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!

Say? I was thinking just the opposite.