Comments on: Get Your Daily Dose of Etiquette http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/06/get-your-daily-dose-of-etiquette/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sandy http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/06/get-your-daily-dose-of-etiquette/#comment-292 Sandy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:18:10 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=1461#comment-292 My stepmother is not a native English speaker, so sometimes she would say a word that I didn't understand at all. There was one word she repeated daily from the time I was very young, and all I could gather was that it had something to do with manners and being ladylike. Often it was accompanied by a hard pinch. It wasn't until I went to a bookstore one day that I realized she was saying "etiquette"! When I tried to explain it to her, she said, "yes, what did you think I was saying?" Moms! My stepmother is not a native English speaker, so sometimes she would say a word that I didn’t understand at all. There was one word she repeated daily from the time I was very young, and all I could gather was that it had something to do with manners and being ladylike. Often it was accompanied by a hard pinch.

It wasn’t until I went to a bookstore one day that I realized she was saying “etiquette”! When I tried to explain it to her, she said, “yes, what did you think I was saying?”

Moms!

]]> By: Sharon daVanport http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/06/get-your-daily-dose-of-etiquette/#comment-291 Sharon daVanport Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:49:41 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=1461#comment-291 Well, now I know for sure the reason why I liked you from day 1, because you are an *etiquette buff* like me:-) Seriously, I was raised by a very proper southern mother, and the rules of etiquette were not only a part of my daily life, but I welcomed the structure, order, and sense of it all with open arms! Many females on the spectrum share this same etiquette fascination. In my experience I have found that females on the spectrum will typically either share our same interest in etiquette or abhor it -- I haven't found many who are tepid with regards to etiquette. As a child I loved reading Emily Post.....I hung on every word she wrote! Needless to say, I made a very special southern mother quite proud during my *Emily Post Days* ! <abbr><em>Sharon daVanport’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.sharondavanport.com/2009/06/aspie-mom-chroniclesa-time-to-heal.html" rel="nofollow">Aspie Mom Chronicles...a time to heal</a></abbr></em> Well, now I know for sure the reason why I liked you from day 1, because you are an *etiquette buff* like me:-) Seriously, I was raised by a very proper southern mother, and the rules of etiquette were not only a part of my daily life, but I welcomed the structure, order, and sense of it all with open arms!

Many females on the spectrum share this same etiquette fascination. In my experience I have found that females on the spectrum will typically either share our same interest in etiquette or abhor it — I haven’t found many who are tepid with regards to etiquette.

As a child I loved reading Emily Post…..I hung on every word she wrote! Needless to say, I made a very special southern mother quite proud during my *Emily Post Days* !

Sharon daVanport’s last blog post..Aspie Mom Chronicles…a time to heal

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