We Are All Entitled To Our Little

It Doesn't Matter Whether The Bride Or The Bridegroom Writes The Letters Of Thanks For Wedding Presents Provided That These Go Out Immediately After The Arrival Of Each Present And Are Not In The Handwriting Of The Bride's Mother.

Miss Manners Herself, While Never Rude, Is Given To Pulling A Fast Pinch In The Way Of A Handshake On Those Who Believe In Kissing On, Not Even The First Date, But The First Sighting.

For Email, The Old Postcard Rule Applies. Nobody Else Is Supposed To Read Your Postcards, But You'd Be A Fool If You Wrote Anything Private On One.

Etiquette Is About All Of Human Social Behavior. Behavior Is Regulated By Law When Etiquette Breaks Down Or When The Stakes Are High - Violations Of Life, Limb, Property And So On. Barring That, Etiquette Is A Little Social Contract We Make That We Will Restrain Some Of Our More Provocative Impulses In Return For Living More Or Less Harmoniously In A Community.

You Glance At An E-mail. You Give More Attention To A Real Letter.