Comments on: Proprieties and Usages of Good Society — Lesson X. Social Observances in Calling, at Weddings, and Funerals http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/ Where our past is never very long ago Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jeans http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/comment-page-1/#comment-22279 jeans Thu, 06 May 2010 23:45:04 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5594#comment-22279 boy howdy have we come full circle from “no presents” on the wedding invite. These days my envelopes arrive in the mail with a confetti of tiny scraps of paper falling out with all the names of the stores where bride + groom are registered. All those social obligations they thereby incur! if only they knew!

]]> By: Mark B. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/comment-page-1/#comment-22276 Mark B. Thu, 06 May 2010 19:54:15 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5594#comment-22276 I’ve got to make sure whenever I call on a lady friend at a hotel to make sure I use only the best calling cards–engraved if at all possible.

I hear that Governor Spitzer always did.

]]> By: Clark http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/comment-page-1/#comment-22271 Clark Thu, 06 May 2010 14:57:16 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5594#comment-22271 I think Mormons are somewhat conflicted about worldliness. Today it’s between trying to convince everyone we’re a mainstream Christian denomination while at the same time being a peculiar people. But this article seems to indicate we’ve been conflicted for quite some time.

For wedding refreshments, do what the world does; for funerals, do the opposite. And so on. It strikes me as an interesting contrast.

]]> By: Mark B. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/comment-page-1/#comment-22270 Mark B. Thu, 06 May 2010 14:31:11 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5594#comment-22270 All my daughters are married, so I’ll just kick back and enjoy life, as soon as the wedding debts are paid off. : )

And, I washed last night’s dishes (this morning–”I forgot”) and cleaned up after the dog, so I’m free to gossip to my heart’s content.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/comment-page-1/#comment-22266 Ardis E. Parshall Thu, 06 May 2010 13:35:11 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5594#comment-22266 Gee! Somethin’ tells me this chapter is a bit of a troublemaker.

]]> By: Stephen M (ethesis) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/comment-page-1/#comment-22264 Stephen M (ethesis) Thu, 06 May 2010 13:29:19 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5594#comment-22264 If you want actual, good, advice, Ms. Manners has it nailed for funerals.

]]> By: Researcher http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/05/06/proprieties-and-usages-of-good-society-lesson-x-social-observances-in-calling-at-weddings-and-funerals/comment-page-1/#comment-22261 Researcher Thu, 06 May 2010 12:51:25 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5594#comment-22261

It is a most pernicious and degenerating thing to waste time “talking over the fence,” … while all the processes of the housework wait upon the relation of the gossip and news of the moment…

Well, I guess that’s as far as I’m going to get in this post! I’ll return and read the rest after the housework is done.

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