When You're In Love, You Put Up

In Its Natural State, The Child Tells The Literal Truth Because It Is Too Naive To Think Of Anything Else. Blurting Out The Complete Truth Is Considered Adorable In The Young, Right Smack Up To The Moment That The Child Says, 'mommy, Is This The Fat Lady You Can't Stand?

People Say When You're In Love, You Don't Need Etiquette. Well, You Need It Then More Than Anything. Or They Say, "at Home I Can Just Be Myself." What They Mean Is They Can Be Their Worst Selves... They Always Mean They Will Save All Their Anxiety About How To Behave For Somebody Like The Head Waiter Of A Restaurant, Someone They'll Never See Again.

. . . Women Were Brought Up To Have Only One Set Of Manners. A Woman Was Either A Lady Or She Wasn't, And We All Know What The Latter Meant. Not Even Momentary Lapses Were Allowed; There Is No Female Equivalent Of The Boys-will-be-boys Concept.

We Already Know That Anonymous Letters Are Despicable. In Etiquette, As Well As In Law, Hiring A Hit Man To Do The Job Does Not Relieve You Of Responsibility.

Honesty Has Come To Mean The Privilege Of Insulting You To Your Face Without Expecting Redress.