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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
At the risk of confirming that I'm as big a dick as people think, didn't your mother teach you any manners? Seriously.
When I first read this, I thought you were going to ask questions about martinis and the opera and how to tie a bowtie.
What you're really asking is how to behave in polite company. Brother, if you don't have an idea of how to do that now, you're most likely a lost cause. I don't recall your life's story off the top of my head, but I don't recall any parental abandonment issues in your past. Forgive me if I've forgotten them.
The fact that you're (in my mind at least) thought of as a pretty good guy with friends and the ability to communicate leads me to believe that you already know what to do and how to act. Want to act classy? Don't do stupid shit and don't offend anyone. Think before you speak. Do things that require thought and intelligence. Read some old books. Learn why "O Brother Where Art Thou?" is hilarious in comparison to "The Odessy".
And have some fucking self-confidence. Surely your parents taught you that too.
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I think you way over estimate what a large % of parents pass on to their children anymore. Personally I think that started when both parents were required to work to support a household. I worked with lots of people, in their 20's, who had no idea how to balance a check book, tie a regular tie or simply behave in public.
And no all parents do not teach self confidence. Many parents spend a bunch of time telling their kids what stupid worthless people they are.
Our jails and prisons are full of these people.