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[โ€“] [email protected] 32 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

My mother-in-law gave me a booked called The Etiquette Edge which essentially explained how to be polite

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is so funny to me! My wife recently got mad at me for comments I made on our anniversary. When I explained what I meant, she was totally fine. Communication is hard sometimes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago

Yeah I'd agree with that, but this is different. She was trying to help with what she saw as my ignorance about how much more positively people respond when you follow certain social rules.

She's a northern German woman who used to run a car dealership. I listen to punk rock. We get along but the things we value in life are pretty disparate.