Do ma'am and sir bother you? Had a conversation with a friend about teaching our kids manners and yes/no ma'am/sir was a thing her parents that spent time growing up in I believe it was Illinois (could be wrong) didn't really push whereas my parents did 🤷♀️. I always try to kill 'em with kindness, so I'm a full on you're welcome and no problem!! maxi. Maybe it's a personality thing, maybe it's a regional/cultural thing. But you're welcome 😉🫂
Yes.
And no.
I tend to avoid them because I hated it in the army. Most of the ma'ams and the sirs were neither deserving of my respect nor even worthy of any consideration EXCEPT their supposedly superior rank.
I don't mind using it for unknown people of obviously greater age than I.
Or if I'm playing around with someone I know.
I hadn't thought about it from the angle of teaching children to be polite. That's another layer that I'll need to ponder. Thank you. ❤️
Glad I can offer some insight. It's been a a learning curve trying to figure out what to keep and what to trim away that we've been taught all our lives. Just winging it and hoping for the best sometimes 😂.
It is a long process, longer for others that don't bother to start it at all, too.
That's all we can do at times. But you've made it! 💪♥️👍🎉🎊
I'm weird, I say ma'am and sir even to others younger then me.
But I don't like being called sir. Weird. Right?
I hate it, too. Especially since I got out of the army.
I used to feel uncomfortable about it when I was younger.
Its gotten worse as I've gotten older.
I stopped correcting folks a while ago, even when they're older than I.
That is weird outside of the context of something like a service job...
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