I hate ...

[Frozzie]

good manners start at home

frank still thanks me every night for dinner

Lucky girl ... Dh might say yum but definately dont get a thanks every meal.. For him if he did that i would have to thank him for going to work every day.. Which i get... He does however if i make something especially for him or if i have been running around or look tired lol

[goldfish]

Cookbooks and magazines . .or rather the publishers. . who think it's cute to have some of the text so miniscule that even superman on a clear day with a magnifying glass (let alone yours truly!) would have trouble reading it . .

Also those publishers who think it oh so cool to put white or some other pale print on a pale blue background . . or grey print on a grey background . . . so incredibly frustrating that I usually just lose all interest in the publication.  I just wish they'd get over it . . . !

[CarolineW]

good manners start at home

frank still thanks me every night for dinner

Lucky girl ... Dh might say yum but definately dont get a thanks every meal.. For him if he did that i would have to thank him for going to work every day.. Which i get... He does however if i make something especially for him or if i have been running around or look tired lol

I can definitely see where he's coming from. I've asked my DH to thank me though, so that the children learn to appreciate what's done for them and to have manners. So he leads the way with that and the girls are getting really good at seeing what's done for them and saying thank you now. Even the 2 year old 😃. They weren't very good at it until they saw DH leading the way though.

[CarolineW]

Cookbooks and magazines . .or rather the publishers. . who think it's cute to have some of the text so miniscule that even superman on a clear day with a magnifying glass (let along yours truly!) would have trouble reading it . .

Also those publishers who think it oh so cool to put white or some other pale print on a pale blue background . . or grey print on a grey background . . . so incredibly frustrating that I usually just lose all interest in the publication.  I just wish they'd get over it . . . !

LOL. I'm with you here. I also dislike the way most of Jamie Oliver's books are laid out. My eye just doesn't know where to look, and I find them uncomfortable to use - so I don't.

They're cool, but unless you have excellent eye sight they're pretty much unusable.

[Frozzie]

Dh does tell the kids to thank me though and if he doesnt i tell them to lol.. Like you said they need to learn manners.. I find the hardest is once tey ar t school and amongst friends who dont necessarily have the same manners influencing them

Oh and what i really dislike is when mothers say in front of their kids that if they play up at school thats the teachers problem and they wont be punished at home as it interupts their plans/weekend.. Heard this again on the weekend and my jaw just dropped and right in front of her son with another mum agreeing.. Felt like saying just give him permission to act however he wants.. And good luck controlling them when they are older..some people need a slap up the back of the head..

[gertbysea]

Cookbooks and magazines . .or rather the publishers. . who think it's cute to have some of the text so miniscule that even superman on a clear day with a magnifying glass (let along yours truly!) would have trouble reading it . .

Also those publishers who think it oh so cool to put white or some other pale print on a pale blue background . . or grey print on a grey background . . . so incredibly frustrating that I usually just lose all interest in the publication.  I just wish they'd get over it . . . !

LOL. I'm with you here. I also dislike the way most of Jamie Oliver's books are laid out. My eye just doesn't know where to look, and I find them uncomfortable to use - so I don't.



Ditto.

Gretchen

They're cool, but unless you have excellent eye sight they're pretty much unusable.

[CarolineW]

I agree with all the above. We say that there is no respect anywhere anymore. DD gets furious when she is coming home on a crowded train and she has been on her feet all day and there are children sitting beside their parents taking up a seat. She has started asking the child if they would mind moving closer to the parent so she can have a seat. She said the teenage boys put their bags on the seat so she now asks them to move it. When she was younger she was always put on my knee so others could sit down and she still gives up her seat to those older than her as I do.
Re the door opening I always make sure I say thank you loudly no matter if I am holding the door or walking through it. People will just let it slam in your face at times.
RESPECT says it all.

Off the soap box.

Don't even get me started on this, I have VERY strong feelings about this.

 I also don't really know what's wrong with children calling adults Mr x, Mrs y etc. I think using title and surname helps them to learn to respect their elders. But it's so normal for adults to be spoken to with their first name that my DD1 started to feel uncomfortable about doing it as the adults didn't seem comfortable with it. We've compromised with Mr Len, Mrs Lisa, etc.

[meganjane]

Oh cookie, hope it's fixed soon.
I have Evernote on my iPad and Mac, but actually keep all my a recipes in Word on my PC. I print them all off and file them in plastic display folders. I have about 10 folders!
Paprika is a good app for iPad, but I haven't worked out how to use it properly to clip recipe from the net.

[Frozzie]

Whats wrong with cookies evernote??

I have a few syncronisation problems but need to emal them as there are a few files i cant delete..

[Halex]

Yes thank you cp has good manners.

I am one of very few mumst at school who refers to the teachers as  Mrs or Mr. Most mums use their christian ames. Out of trspect I call them Mr or Mrs.

H

[cookie1]

No evernote problems here Frozzie.

[CreamPuff63]

One of the problems of calling people Mr and Mrs is when you become and adult and then they want you to start calling them by their christian names, or you are now "old enough" - very awkward, I would prefer to call people from the beginning by the name they always want to be called by you. This has happened to all the friends of my parents that I grew up around, and my inlaws I called them Mr & Mrs but the day after our wedding they wanted me to call them Mum and Dad  or christian name...very very hard for me to change names (I still struggle). I'm not sure that calling people Mr & Mrs gets more respect, rather the way that you treat people earns their respect.

[cookie1]

We were always asked to call parents friends Auntie.........and Uncle............... Then when we got older to drop the prefix. I still call them Auntie and Uncle. When I was an adult I couldn't bring myself to call people my parents age by their first names so always said this and substituted with Mrs Beryl or Mr Tim. They were happy and I felt ok.
DD calls our friends Auntie and Uncle if she has known them since childhood.

What I do HATE is when your nephew insists upon calling you by your first name. I ignore him but it doesn't help. His brothers and sisters still call me Auntie but not this little blighter. He is 38 so maybe he will grow up one day.

[Cuilidh]

Little boys take a long time to mature, Cookie!

[judydawn]

Then there are adult kids who call their Mother by her christian name - go figure   I wouldn't like my kids to do that to me - I love the word Mum and now of course Grandma is even more special.