Do you guys open doors for girls?

[Beekissed]

If I started dating a fellow and he didn't open doors for me, I would think he hadn't had a proper upbringing and I would be looking for more red flags and clues to possibly inconsiderate behaviours. Strike one.....

 

[deb1]

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I love it when someone gets a door for me. I always look them in the eye and say thank you and have a great evening or nice day or whatever is appropriate.

It has nothing to do with whether or not I'm capable of opening the door. I can throw a 50 lb sack of feed on my shoulder and jog to my car in 3" heels. My capabilities are not the issue. It does not diminish my abilities, and I don't see where the flawed principle is.

I think it is a show of respect and good manners, which is why I always thank the person holding the door, and I make sure I hold the door for anyone I can, it's the polite thing to do.

I guess I don't see why women are automatically worthy of more respect then men simply because we don't have certain equipment. I open doors for men and women because it is polite and I have respect for them as individuals. If someone opened a door for me, I think that it is because they are being polite, not because I am female. Women open the door for me also.

You know how some stores have a double set of doors? You walk through one set of doors and then cross a little entry way and then there is another set of doors. When ever someone opened the first set of doors for me, I would run ahead and open the next set of door for the guy. Several men got very annoyed with me for doing this. I was actually told not to do this.

Just as women should be gracious and understand the respect behind the gesture of opening doors, men should show the same polite manners if a woman opens the door for them.

 

[key west chick]

DS is almost 15. He has been opening doors for men and woman since he was strong enough to pull/push the door. If I ever found out otherwise,

 

[EweSheep]

I love it when my husband opens the door for me but it comes and goes, depending on his mood LOL!

We both open doors for elderly people, handicapped people, people with hands full, moms with kids (with or without strollers) and it is common respect to open doors and hold it open for those who are behind you. Some we get thanks or some just went on and some ladies would get the ugly look toward hubby LOL!

Sometimes hubby likes to open doors for a line of women coming in somewhere like the mall or some kind of event that there would be more ladies. He just enjoys it.

 

[beerman]

I used to open doors for women but got yelled at to many times so I stopped. I had one lady yell at the top of her lungs at a store JUST CAUSE I AM A WOMAN DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T OPEN A DOOR and that was just one of the many times.

 

[Emzyyy]

My boyfriend opens doors & if I open it first he will take it from me and hold it til I walk through.

Its cute, I love it. He also opens car doors.

 

[Moabite]

I open doors for anyone. I feel it is just polite. But one time, I sensed someone following me into the grocery store, so I stopped to hold the door. I waited a couple seconds but no one came in. I looked out and there was this woman with her arms crossed looking at the ground (to avoid eye contact) waiting for me to move on so she could open the door for herself. I was so offended that I let the door close and leaned against it for awhile before moving on.

It is people like her that ruin it for everyone.

 

[eenie114]

A.T. Hagan :

Do you guys open doors for girls?

Yes. Of course.

.....Alan.

 

[eenie114]

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Keep going anyway... they jan be jerks but you don't have to be....not that I'm saying that guys who don't do it are jerks or anythhing.

 

[RAWR]

ha! thats funny. theres no such a thing as a boy that holds the door for a girl