juliaoceania
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Joined: 4/19/2006 From: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Status: offline
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One of the things I most appreciate about my Daddy is the way he treats people. He is kind, respectful, and polite. He says "thank you", "please", and "excuse me". Manners are the grease of social relations. He treats everyone this way, from the bagger at the grocery store, to his neighbors. I would not want to be with someone I preceived as being rude or treating service people as if they were furniture. We are a reflection of each other. How am I to act? As is befitting of who I desire to be in this world... how is he to act? the same way... and if we are right for each other, then we will reflect one another. If he felt I was not a proper reflection of him he would call me on it. If I felt he was not reflecting well on me, I would tell him so. If I repeatedly thought him rude or obnoxious to others, I would question whether or not I wanted to submit to him anymore. If we are around lifestylers and someone is rude to me or demands things of me. I tell them to ask my Daddy, or I find my Daddy myself... he deals with that. Someone else's rudeness is no excuse for my own. I am not to let people tread on my boundaries either. If it is a vanilla situation, I would rather not have conflict most of the time, but will draw boundaries regardless... One does not have to be rude to draw a boundary
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