Miss Stacey's "Mind Your Manners!"
A Guide to Daily Etiquette

By: Stacey A. Steinkopf

Dating Who initiates? Who plans? Who pays?

Kids Children need manners to!

Netiquette Guidelines for Communication On-line.

Telephone Tips on talking, making and placing phone calls.

Tipping Who receives tips? How much?

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Etiquette is defined by a dictionary as, "...the practices and forms prescribed by social convention or by authority." It can be more simply defined as everyday manners.

Manners/etiquette is affected by many variables, some of which include person. Our location, upbringing, age, income, societal status all affect our level of etiquette.

I have listed common, everyday topics which I think will prove very useful, perhaps not as new information, but at least as a reminder of what our society expects of us in certain situations.

One should note that the standards for what is correct are changing everyday. For example, what used be good manners in past dating practice, has most certainly changed along with our roles as men and women.

Do what is correct and acceptable for you and your area. Make a point to doing a bit of research if you will be in unfamiliar territory. I promise it will be worth the time and effort to make comfortable, in what could easily be an uncomfortable situation.

Useful sites to learn about these and other etiquette topics:

Comptons Encycolopedia: Etiquette

Miss Etiquette

Mr. Manners