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@wordsmith

I totally get that, there is definitely a level of respect in there, and I do appreciate that. Mainly what I hate is when a guy’s handshake feels like a girl’s handshake. Grosses me out… If you have ever had an ALERT guy (I’m hoping you know what that is, but if not that’s O.K., just think military meets boy scouts and focuses on father/son relationships and raising godly young men) shake your hand, you know he’s been to ALERT. When my brother (who is a part of ALERT) shakes another ALERT guy’s hand, you can just see the test of strength going on, it’s hilarious. However, when a guy shakes my hand I want him to not try to treat me like another guy, but not give me a girly handshake because it makes me want to crawl up the wall.

O.K. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly with guys not being forward, but being friendly.

Ha ha!!! I’m glad that did NOT end in a debate… The Hobbit is one thing but theology is another… Don’t worry, I am one of those odd people that listen to Reformed people on Sermon Audio (James White is my favorite), so the sovereignty of God is not questioned in our household!!!

@skye

My latest chivalry story (I smirk when I think chivalrous because the situation has gone down in history as one of the funniest things…)

So at camp I walked across a brick pavement and burned my feet really bad. One of the camp counsellors, who was just one of the funniest people I’ve ever met, but also had a ton I respected about him, asked me if I needed something to help my feet as I was limping really bad. I said no, I used essential oils. He accused me of using the witch doctor cure, I “needed something made by a scientist” and didn’t listen to me about not needing help and went and got some sort of medicine for it and Duck Dynasty band-aids (that is the guy cure there). I really, really was impressed by how kind that was as the counsellors were already overworked and had been working at camp for six weeks.

The witch doctor cure has gone down in history, and my friend Essa and I are still rolling over and dying about how funny it was.

@anne-of-lothlorien

Oh I love that, a true gentleman is a gentleman to the lowest of women. I completely agree with that. I mean, I think that girls should act in a way that deserves respect, but I completely agree that a guy should never flex his character in the way he treats women in any situation, whether he is talking to a princess or a woman on the streets. Oh, and also, I do agree with you on not having perfect characters… When I say portray reality in my characters, I also mean their fallen natures. Because if my characters were perfect, that wouldn’t be real either. And if you’ve ever read Elsie Dinsmore books… The Millie Keith books were far better!! My characters definitely aren’t perfect, but I do have certain areas that I want them to uphold righteousness and character.