Is it normal to be a gentleman?

It's implied when told to be a gentleman, as in my book (shipped from the USA) '50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know' which is for 14 year old teenagers and young adults from 18 to 35, that you should only follow gentlemanly rules and no other rules, the real truth is it's not gentlemanly to go to any pub because it's too unfriendly for any gentleman to handle and because a gentleman should know better than to spend time in places that have rules and therefore interfere with his niceness. The pubs are anti-nice policies and way too pessimistic for a gentleman, that's what's implied subtly in my book when it mentions restaurants and ignores rough places like pubs, it's saying that a gentleman only gets taken to nice places, like my parents taking me to a fancy restaurant on my 35th birthday. That was nearly a year ago (I'm still 35) and gentlemen can't handle a single fart, controls it, and is so chivalrous as to never interact with a farting person. That's how it works, he only spends time with his chivalrous, polite and courteous friends. Therefore I was thinking of following only one set of rules for the first time and I have been a gentleman for many many years since my schoolmates and all the posh people told me I was very polite. That's the confidence back then whereas people are selfish and don't want me to push them in their seats towards the table, without shoving, which is a gentlemanly thing to do. And as a dandy gentleman I almost always wear a tie which is what people should do in every restaurant. It's probably necessary for a gentleman to dress up in a stripy undershirt, a suit and slacks when entering a strip club not because it has a dress code but because the clothes are agreeable everywhere you go. But a gentleman never goes there with his parents. The above etiquette book implies that when you grow into a man you're no longer cute, and that you have to act cute and take responsibility, act like a man, and that you can't do whatever you want, there's a lot of things you have to do to impress your wife, your girlfriend and to impress your parents. Gentlemen don't give gestures like offering an unwanted food nor do they force their gentlemanliness on others, as I soon found out, gentlemen are refined, posh, and that implies that they're saints compared to you, no offence. So long and not long ago I decided to help a man in a wheelchair giving him the same courtesies as I would to anyone else, ignoring that scratch on his arm (which is politically correct), and also I never reminded anyone of their past mistakes, also doors are open with my parents who want to give me privileges, especially my mother, and I never burp (not on purpose), I eat whenever possible all my food, I don't scrape it in the bin, I put on the tie whenever I head to the city, and I shake hands firmly and introduce the younger person to the older person and never the older person to the younger person, I never talk in theatres, I listen paying attention straight away after busy when talked to, even if it's abrupt and rude to talk to me whilst I'm busy, otherwise I tell them "please shut up!", as a gentleman I say excuse me and never wait 15 minutes for someone to stop talking, but I stamp my foot on the ground until I'm excused straight away, and saying "you're excused" is more pleasant and better manners than saying "you are not excused!" which is rude. Also I hate being kept waiting, having patience, and keeping people waiting is bad manners not only because it's bad manners but because it upsets and inconveniences people and that they lose their patience (I'll call the Onbudsman for that), therefore I never keep people waiting. People are acting selfish, and it's wrong, as I recently realized, to be selfish even if we're all selfish, there's no justification for it. Gentlemanliness is selfless, it's never selfish, and is good in every way and when I thought it was the same thing as being good I was right, but it's not the same thing as morals and ethics, which focusses on the good and bad, gentlemanliness focusses only on the good, is that normal?

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57% Normal
Based on 7 votes (4 yes)
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Comments ( 43 )
  • nikkiclaire

    Paragraphs and brevity would do you wonders.

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    • LornaMae

      I don't think it would, really... he'd still be posting about the same incongruent (although adorable) shit.

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      • nikkiclaire

        I can't tell what his posts are because I refuse to read a book about nonsense, with no paragraphs.

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        • LornaMae

          Oh, I don't read them either, I just say hi to him! Hahahaha

          I did read a lot of them in the beginning, so I know his nonsense well. Now I'm just here for the comments! He's amusing.

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  • Shmendan

    Let me guess, you are a “neckbeard”?

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  • 309uf2o38yf

    Holy fucking wall of text

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  • JD777

    Being a gentleman is good. Women love them and real men respect them. But some of the things you said this book tells you sounds too snooty for me. I think to be a gentleman means to be polite and respectful of others deserving of it. It doesn't mean to walk around with your nose in the air and a stick up your butt.

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    • McBean

      I've been encouraging him to take his lithium. He is so jazzed by manic excitement to his own subjective interpretations that he is oblivious to all feedback. With no potential, the guy is a non-contributor and basically a waste.

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      • Hansberger

        Oblivious eh? Well I have this to say, I remain a gentleman especially in the shops and on the public bus, I believe I have some potential. Wow, just wow, I never knew there was such a jazz with manic excitement over one's own subjective interpretations, it must be that good.

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        • McBean

          As long as you are taking your lithium, you just be you. With the proper medication, things will hopefully turn out well for you.

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          • Hansberger

            Wrong, I changed the subject: I’m an atheist therefore I’m not crazy, I don’t care what you think, it’s not reality. I took no medications and things turned out better for me. Smart and crazy are antonyms, idiot. Therefore I don’t care what people think of me any more.

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            • McBean

              Whoa, partner. Being the God of your own heaven has problematic consequences. But, if you consume lithium as a gift from God, the mellow vibes of creation shall rock your cradle.

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  • Hansberger

    I like the truth and no one’s giving me the truth, no one’s seeing that I’m sitting in a chair, or listening to the radio, which has nothing to do with what people say, they just accuse me of evil, reality check: I wasn’t evil, I was watching TV, having freedom, typing on my computer, smoking, drinking Coca-Cola, eating, and drinking herbal tea all the time, that’s reality which is being ignored, this is why reality must be faced: it’s not terrible, or what you think, this is the way I am, I did nothing terrible, wake up!

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  • WhatTheAbsoluteFuck

    Nah, beat them cheeks then leave.

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  • LornaMae

    I learned how to be a lady with The Young Girl's Handbook of Good Manners for Use in Educational Establishments. Even though you're going for gentleman I can't recommend it enough, so maybe one day you find yourself a good lady-match! Toodles!

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    • 309uf2o38yf

      Is it actually a good read? I am so white trash. I'd love to know which fork to use, I just shove salad in with my fingers.

      Also is there a male version for my d̶e̶m̶o̶n̶ ̶s̶p̶a̶w̶n̶ child?

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      • LornaMae

        Oh my! You shouldn't take me so seriously! Especially not when I'm in one of Hans's posts! Hahaha. That book will NOT teach you how the silverware works but I'm sure the teachings in it will be far more interesting to read!

        There aren't many online quotes but I did find this video of a girl reading some excerpts... :/ you can get the main gist. ;)

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D6221jysgw

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        • 309uf2o38yf

          Thanks!

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          • LornaMae

            Sure! If you ever get a chance to read it it's better than hearing the girl read it. :)

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            • 309uf2o38yf

              That would require using my eyes.

              Actually, I love audiobooks. I can turn my speakers up and wash the dishes in the other room and still get to read a book. 😆

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      • Hansberger

        The two basic forks are the dinner fork and the salad fork, the dinner fork is a large fork and the salad fork is smaller, by extension a cake fork is even smaller than a salad fork and a pickle fork is smaller than a cake fork, this I learned from experience!

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        • 309uf2o38yf

          Thank you

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  • TS

    When does it get to the part about the flesh interfaces?

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  • LornaMae

    Why, somebody woke up in a verbose mood and was allowed to play outside again!! :P

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    • Hansberger

      Yay! I work hard I play hard! And I have fun and games.

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      • LornaMae

        Or hardly work and hardly play? :D

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      • Yes! I knew I guessed the OP right.

        So, no matter how many times people suggest that you space your posts, you just won't do it?

        Being a gentleman in the sense of being courteous and tasteful is normal.

        This seems to be quite extreme on the refined side of gentlemanly conduct, aka, stick up the ass- not normal anymore.

        At some point, it's just like, who cares?

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        • LornaMae

          After a few, it's impossible to miss him as OP! He likes it like that!

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        • Hansberger

          Who cares? The people in polite society care, but I certainly don't, the put downs I get can make a child cry, I'm not giving them the satisfaction, I gave it up!

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          • So you're out of your gentleman phase/experiment?

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            • Hansberger

              Yes!

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        • Hansberger

          Woohoo, I'm the extreme, I'm the best, the most excessive! :)

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