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Along came feminism, bye bye went romance. Seriously!



What happened to the days of chivalry, when a man would sweep you off your feet? lay a cloak over a puddle before you, open doors for you or fight to the death for your honour and your heart?



Girl power is all very well (although a little too 1997) but when strong female attitudes arrived, romance began to die. Men have become scared to help out a lady in fear of offending her.



The world's gone too PC, and its ridiculous! It certainly explains why some people are so bloody rude and let me struggle one handed trying to get a buggy through a tiny shop door!

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I couldn't agree more!

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Usually open the door for everyone in need, hold it open for everyone coming along... maybe oldskool but as for the rest it's true - also my chivalry has decreased and been sucked up in too many one way roads... hence it shouldn't make a difference.... Now you got me thinking: should I offer the ladyboy next to me a lighter without him/her asking for it, as s/he pulls a cigarette out right in this very moment?.... Ya, what the heck - it doesn't mean a thing anyways...

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@pen: right - since when is it a bad thing for a girl to pay for the evening out?

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opening the door/ helping people with luggage/ buggys is just a nice thing to do to help people, even if you don't know them. As for the rest of it, fighting to the death is a little outdated, we don't wear cloaks anymore (well except on special occasions) and you must be joking if you think I'm going to chuck an 80
quid jacket on a puddle so you can step on it and get your feet wet anyway! And also sweeping women off their feet can result in back pain, law suits and abduction charges!

On another note, there are some pram wielders that can be annoying:

The ones that steer straight at you/ across your path, forcing you to sidestep out of the way

The people who leave their pram out on the tube when it's totally packed, while carrying the baby. These people the hell out of me

The above are a couple of examples taken from incidents in London, and of course I in am in no way accusing all people with prams of such behaviour

(all the above is very much )

The whole, 'who pays' thing is a bit wierd. Usually the girls you ACTUALLY want to go out with tend to make a fuss over the bloke paying. The ones who just say, 'Yeah, ok' are just taking you along for a ride. And the ones who insist on paying.... well they're a keeper!

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good point Lazy Angel, also, if you're after a nice lass like me, get me a take away and i'm yours!

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What happened to the days of chivalry, when a man would sweep you off your feet? lay a cloak over a puddle before you, open doors for you or fight to the death for your honour and your heart?




If I could be sure that arguments would not ensue, then I'd do all of the above. Well, except the fighting to the death... maybe punching him in the throat and ramming his head into the table...

Call me judgemental, but you seem to be bemoaning two different things: The death of Romance and the death of common courtesy. I'd say they both still exist, but your example only really covers one of these...

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i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey

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But I've often eventually had to surrender and at least go dutch on meals / going out. When did it become a bad thing to want to pay for an evening out ?




if i particularly like a guy i do let them pay if they offer, only so i can say 'next time it is my turn to pay' and that sets up a second date!

i'm all about strategy and laying the foundations!...unfortunatly i have quite a lot of foundations laid, but not much structure built on them

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yeah - it's all about strategy ... nothing has changed significantly over the past... errm 20.000 years...

tillymoo: you may have to add - "and next time is on xx.xx.2005 - allright for you?" guys sometimes like it if the girl takes at least a part of the lead - as the nice ones don't want to be intrusive and pushy..

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What happened to the days of chivalry, when a man would sweep you off your feet? lay a cloak over a puddle before you, open doors for you or fight to the death for your honour and your heart?



Call me judgemental, but you seem to be bemoaning two different things: The death of Romance and the death of common courtesy. I'd say they both still exist, but your example only really covers one of these...



You're on the ball, eh?
thats exactly what I'm meaning.

Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible

life is what you make it and what you want it to be

Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.

I have four pairs of shoes. a pair of ankle boots, one pair of knee high boots which are beyond repair, two pairs of trainers, one a few months old, the other three years old. Now what the hell does that say about me? It means I'm low maintainnce, thats what!

Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible

The lov I feel between me and my shoes is a special bond, I don't expect a man to understand

i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey

Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...

life is what you make it and what you want it to be

i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey

Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...

life is what you make it and what you want it to be

i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey

Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...

life is what you make it and what you want it to be