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Xyzse

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89. Of course I would walk you to your car.

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 01:18 PM

Apr 2014

Particularly if there is a suspected hoodlum around.

Case in point, I escorted a mother and her two daughters to their car from the café I was in recently, when they noticed someone having a gun on their person. I know I would not be able to accomplish much, other than throwing my musical instrument at their general direction if such is the case... but it made them feel better, so I would.

Either way, it is a courtesy inculcated to me by my grandmother. I also came from a different country initially so mannerisms are a bit different.

There is also the thought of safety in numbers.

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"Would you walk me to my car?" [View all] Riftaxe Apr 2014 OP

Where Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #1

There is no context needed intaglio Apr 2014 #2

Risk of assault stalks all of us. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #40

Your point? intaglio Apr 2014 #110

lulz...ok then.. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #111

But a noisy little cabal, intaglio Apr 2014 #117

What?? WinkyDink Apr 2014 #6

whats the context? Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #38

+1 treestar Apr 2014 #27

It used to be a point of pride Aerows Apr 2014 #122

Asking for context is far removed from taking offense.. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #123

Robert Heinline wrote of an incident which occurred when he was a boy... Demo_Chris Apr 2014 #3

Indeed Blue_Adept Apr 2014 #4

Link? JHB Apr 2014 #13

" and proclaimed him a villain"--I find your claim absurd. WinkyDink Apr 2014 #7

Y'know, I'm going to call 'horseshit' on this JHB Apr 2014 #10

+1 cyberswede Apr 2014 #17

Great post. nt Democracyinkind Apr 2014 #41

+++!! n/t BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2014 #74

Amazing post- thank you. bettyellen Apr 2014 #76

'chivalry' does not involve patting yourself on the back MattBaggins Apr 2014 #97

Great post, which will no doubt fall on deaf ears. Squinch Apr 2014 #102

I think you hit on the core of the problem in such complaints BainsBane Apr 2014 #113

Hahahahahhaa!!! Sheldon Cooper Apr 2014 #11

utter bullshit. seabeyond Apr 2014 #12

I'm also calling this out as absurd. chrisa Apr 2014 #14

She jammed her leg into the track on purpose, specifically to kill those two guys Orrex Apr 2014 #20

Absurd and completely off the mark. MineralMan Apr 2014 #22

I'm afraid YOU are off the mark. I have made no comment on what women want... Demo_Chris Apr 2014 #72

No we responded to what you wrote. Saving a life is not chivalry .... bettyellen Apr 2014 #77

The OP was one line with multiple interpretations as to what it was referring to JHB Apr 2014 #82

The MRA Don Quixote's charging at those feminazi windmills MattBaggins Apr 2014 #99

You have a way with words! Squinch Apr 2014 #104

I am surprised that you actually mourn the death of chivalry MattBaggins Apr 2014 #98

Untrue treestar Apr 2014 #23

Well, it's Heinlein. Just be glad that she has clothes on. Orrex Apr 2014 #25

Ha. I was half expecting a point about "helping others" at the end of that nonsense post. nt Democracyinkind Apr 2014 #43

I recently reread an old book of his and laughed so hard at his depiction of the women uppityperson Apr 2014 #53

Good point. nt redqueen Apr 2014 #57

! BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2014 #73

Let me guess: you're NOT a woman. JaneyVee Apr 2014 #36

Ridiculous, you're imaging things. and it's ought- not aught. bettyellen Apr 2014 #69

Trust me on this ... I definitely do NOT need a guy like you around. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #78

+1 n/t JTFrog Apr 2014 #91

if she had a leg stuck in the track, couldn't she lay to whichever side is closer... yurbud Apr 2014 #93

One time at band camp MattBaggins Apr 2014 #100

I will take a different veiw MattBaggins Apr 2014 #96

What an idiotic post. You really feel sorry for yourself, don't you? Squinch Apr 2014 #103

+ many sdfernando Apr 2014 #107

Please BainsBane Apr 2014 #112

"what version of chivalry says a good way to meet women is by offering them $20 for a BJ?" redqueen Apr 2014 #120

That's an old joke KentuckyWoman Apr 2014 #115

So the message of your little story is don't help or you could be killed. B Calm Apr 2014 #124

All kinds of courtesy is gone. merrily Apr 2014 #5

Out of curiosity, did you ask for help opening the door? Orrex Apr 2014 #19

As my post says, I had already asked him for help closing the door and merrily Apr 2014 #21

Perhaps you missed the part where I said he should have offered. Orrex Apr 2014 #24

That is not how your post came across At ALL. merrily Apr 2014 #28

I apologize for my unclear post and for sounding like I was blaming you. Orrex Apr 2014 #30

He still could have forgotten about it while he was driving, so you could have asked again treestar Apr 2014 #26

I never called myself a victim and the only thing that I assumed was that he merrily Apr 2014 #29

"Point is, all kinds of courtesies have disappeared." Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #42

I don't expect a cabbie to speak my language. merrily Apr 2014 #44

What you needed apparently was a nurse or medical transport. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #45

No, what I would have liked was simple courtesy, the topic of the thread. merrily Apr 2014 #47

Visit california sometime and get back to me about what is reasonable to expect from Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #48

I'd stack them up against Boston and NYC any day of the week and twice on Sundays merrily Apr 2014 #51

I take it you've not spent much time in the bay area. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #56

IDGI. Arer you suggesting women ought ask strangers this, or that more strangers ought comply? WinkyDink Apr 2014 #8

I have lived in wester Nebraska and western SD for the last 30 years newfie11 Apr 2014 #9

"no longer a simple courtesy in too many cases" NCTraveler Apr 2014 #15

ya. i do not know if poster is talking walking guests to the door, often to the car, OR seabeyond Apr 2014 #16

I kind of made the dark parking lot assumption. NCTraveler Apr 2014 #18

Night classes at commuter college HockeyMom Apr 2014 #31

Safety in #'s. NCTraveler Apr 2014 #34

This is what we did, too. nt redqueen Apr 2014 #62

Who with a what now? theboss Apr 2014 #32

Apparently "walk to the car" is code for something Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #39

An example--I am a nurse ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #118

Excellent example that was sorely missing from the OP. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #119

Oh, this thread has gone in a fun direction theboss Apr 2014 #33

mainly because half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2014 #35

So, you wouldn't say, "Sure" if someone asked you that? MineralMan Apr 2014 #37

Security escort is not something people randomly do. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #46

thru out my life, in situations, i have always had men offer to walk me out. seabeyond Apr 2014 #49

It seems that some posters never heard of courteous behavior of any kind. merrily Apr 2014 #54

Be glad you never met a psychopath. WinkyDink Apr 2014 #60

ok winky, i am glad, but how do i know i have not met one? examples? a boss at work, seabeyond Apr 2014 #63

Winky is referring to Ted Bundy- who sported a fake broken arm he used to trick women into helping bettyellen Apr 2014 #75

of course that is what she meant and we do not have to get to the point of absurd. seabeyond Apr 2014 #79

I wasn't sure you understood. It's largely situational. bettyellen Apr 2014 #81

yup. to all you say. i do not have a clue why people are making this like a ..... drama. lol. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #92

They'd like to pretend feminists are harming women, instead of their egos. bettyellen Apr 2014 #94

I am a woman and I have offered to walk with younger women in my neighborhood merrily Apr 2014 #50

Sexual Assault by strangers is at an all time historic low. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #52

and awareness of sexual assault is probably at an all time high yurbud Apr 2014 #55

Exactamundo!! ding ding ding... Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #58

Maybe, if you're asking a total stranger. merrily Apr 2014 #61

What does that have to do with my post about rapes my neighborhood? merrily Apr 2014 #59

Your missing the point. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #67

Nope. Nailed you. Keep proving my point. merrily Apr 2014 #68

lulz...ok then...nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #70

BTW, merrily Apr 2014 #71

Actually, it's something a lot of people do, and freely. MineralMan Apr 2014 #83

"college escort services" Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #85

It's a volunteer thing at those colleges, MineralMan Apr 2014 #90

Can it also include some decent girls who will walk guys who feel unsafe? MattBaggins Apr 2014 #101

I don't see why not, but I have nothing MineralMan Apr 2014 #106

Comeon mm Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #109

Did this really get posted at 2:49 AM this morning? snooper2 Apr 2014 #64

Either way, it's been informative to me. merrily Apr 2014 #65

you might of hit on the reason for this post. she wasnt walked out to her car??? at 2 am? nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #66

Sounds a lot like the guy who posted supposedly seeking from DUers a merrily Apr 2014 #80

i totally agree with both your points. seabeyond Apr 2014 #84

Maybe the issue is how nice a lot of DUers are, even to juveniles. merrily Apr 2014 #86

1:49 local time here and ironically, LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #108

During the Sandy blackout it was pitch dark, and I walked a scared young man to my car, drove him to bettyellen Apr 2014 #114

Not my experience FreeJoe Apr 2014 #87

This OP is silly. tammywammy Apr 2014 #88

Of course I would walk you to your car. Xyzse Apr 2014 #89

Um its a request. Notafraidtoo Apr 2014 #95

K... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #105

It's benevelont sexism and should never be offered TransitJohn Apr 2014 #116

Show us the link where you learned that BainsBane Apr 2014 #121