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Miss Manners: My husband has determined that these courtesies are sexist

Editorial Board Published February 25, 2025
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve been married to the identical man for 40 years. He has lately determined that opening doorways for me, serving me first at dinner, and different types of respect and thoughtfulness are “sexist.”

I repair dinner for him day by day, do his laundry, and many others. — the entire issues {that a} “traditional wife” does. I lately retired from an incredible profession and am no slouch in relation to work.

Is he proper? I’m damage and disenchanted.

GENTLE READER: Enjoyable instances forward at your home! Miss Manners is sorry to overlook watching your husband’s face as he retains discovering what it’s costing him to cease opening doorways for you.

He’s proper that many gender-specific practices are fading away. However he’s unwise to mandate such adjustments with out your consent.

Certainly you had some working association all these years: You have got cooked and laundered, and presumably he did duties that have been thought of “manly” — servicing the automobile, mowing the garden and shoveling snow, maybe. Perhaps even doing the taxes. It’s quaint now even to suppose that method.

Between you, you possibly can every cease performing these “traditional” duties and produce your family to a standstill.

However the little gestures you point out are in a special class. They’re symbolic, not sensible. In fact you might be able to opening doorways. And distinguishing conduct by gender can be damaging in knowledgeable setting.

In personal and social life, nevertheless, such customs usually linger as a result of they’ve acquired a sure allure. That’s the reason, for instance, a high-powered government nonetheless may need her father to “give her away” at her marriage ceremony.

You may need to inform your husband that as the feminine within the marriage, you’ll determine what’s sexist and what’s harmlessly charming. You may choose his subsequent laundry day to take action.

[The Ask Amy column addressed a husband who had gone even further in deciding what would offend his wife.]

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter was married final June, and apparently she has not written her thank-you notes but.

She insists that she has a yr to jot down them, and says that that’s what Miss Manners wrote.

I can not discover the place you addressed this concern. So, please, may you give us your ruling? How lengthy after receiving a marriage reward does the completely happy couple have to jot down their thank-you notes?

GENTLE READER: Please ask your daughter to cease libeling Miss Manners. She doesn’t countenance the intense rudeness of ignoring a marriage current for as much as a yr, and she or he has said this a thousand instances.

Thanks ought to be expressed instantly upon receiving a present. However to not be too inflexible about it, Miss Manners will enable 20 minutes for the recipient to search out pen and paper.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When planning a celebration, I’m certain many people may agree it’s demanding attempting to get an correct head depend. How do you get the individuals you invited to reply in a well timed trend?

GENTLE READER: A wonderful query. Please let Miss Manners know while you give you a solution.

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