equality of the sexes, in its many strange forms, shapes and guises, (I'll save that for another post), has stolen much that was good about the past. manners, deportment, politeness, thoughtfulness, effect... effect! that truly most under appreciated 'e' word. and before you brace to jump up to react ladies, i'm not saying you're directly to blame for this decline... although they're not helping. I mean if you're happy to put up with being paid less regard, then your chosen partner shows the electronic box of tricks, stashed just in front of that big screen tv, don't be overly surprised when the inevitable questions start drifting freely, from your unconscious, to conscious mind. what I am saying is men of the 21th century make me feel like an old fashion throwback. a relative relic. I imagine h.g. well's famous time traveller felt the same, when he encountered the eloi. as he searches for answers for the disparity between the life he remembers, to the one he's confronted by, everything seems similar, but unerringly different. being born in the 70's and brought up in the suburbs, I realise that I am a person of my time. I had ideas and aspirations of what it was to be the model british citizen. well mannered, eloquent, courteous, polite. all the things we decedents of colonials, were taught set our betters apart from us. as I've travelled into the future, these values have all but evaporated. it irks me when I see some thoughtless 'boyfriend', allow the door he eagerly swung open for himself, hit the person he once treated with such care, unceremoniously in the face. its a weird feeling because I'm never quite certain who I'm madder at? him or her? the world has indeed moved on. in the rush to defend our right to be whomever or do whatever works exclusively for ourselves, many of the values that were the benchmark of everyones social experience, have been unceremoniously discarded. like the rotary phone, cassette tapes and handwriting, they are now quaintly obsolete. the one tangible thread, binding these objects however, was they had the ability to pay off for those willing to stick with it, often in ways we dreamt about, but almost never dared to believe could come true. for the surviving urbane contemporaries, who persist in abiding by those most sacred of sacred social etiquettes, and continue to hold on to those everyday civilities, remain steadfast. everything goes in cycles and like those who revisit their wardrobes for inspiration, always be a constant reminder of a time when simple gestures of politeness, were second nature and not an outmoded and easily dismissed second thought.
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