“Old” and wise people just know about different manners we were taught in those days, when it was more important to nurture “relations”. I couldn’t earn my living without those proper manners :) I actually planned to write about this topic myself but couldn’t get in the mood yet.
It’s such a weird dynamic recently, indeed.
I am so tired now even though I would love to reply to your smashing and wonderful comment on my latest article. Mammasitta needs to catch some sleep first 😂 but I will be back with more politeness, replying in my usual style.
Get some rest @mammasitta; we'll all be fresh and rested tomorrow.
I'll say this, for now: Gratitude and politeness was — at least for me — something that was simply part of "right living" in life... it had little to do with "what was expected" of people. Or of me. And that remains... even if some find it rather "old fashioned."