What does "gentleman" mean in this day and age?

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  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,326 Member
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    I think it means more than the way you treat a woman. It's the way you treat everyone.
    You treat people with respect and you are a man honor.
    this.
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
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    Well he has to be stronger than most, have blue eyes, a deep voice, be bald, and always strive to put people at ease.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
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    Guys, what do you do as a gentleman?

    Treat people as one would wish to be treated
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,022 Member
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    I think it means more than the way you treat a woman. It's the way you treat everyone.
    You treat people with respect and you are a man honor.

    This.

    If you are only nice to people you are trying to impress, you are not a nice person.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
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    A gentleman is only rough when I request it. :laugh:
  • waltcote
    waltcote Posts: 372 Member
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    :smile: What were those Boy Scout qualities that we were supposed to uphold. Trustworthy, loyal, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent Sounds like a gentleman to me.
  • karenmcwilly53
    karenmcwilly53 Posts: 41 Member
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    I think it means more than the way you treat a woman. It's the way you treat everyone.
    You treat people with respect and you are a man honor.

    This 110%
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
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    Well he has to be stronger than most, have blue eyes, a deep voice, be bald, and always strive to put people at ease.

    Damn, 3/5.
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
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    I watched a male co-worker struggle with changing the bottle on the water cooler the other day. He carried it over to the cooler and sat it on the ground for a moment while he caught his breath. I simply walked over and put the jug in place. It weighed about 80 pounds, but wasn't an issue for me. I'm a bar tender, I have to change out kegs all the time. A water bottle wasn't even a small challenge.

    Does this make me a gentleman because I assisted the weaker person?

    I also make more money than many men I know, so if a male friend and I want to go out, I will offer to pick up the tab. That would be the gentlemanly thing to do, right?

    Yes, I'm pretty sure that I am a gentleman. I have both physical strength and financial power over my opposite sex friends. That seems to cover the definition as I understand it.
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
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    Has a job and doesn't borrow money from you.

    hahahaha

    sounds familiar
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    Integrity.
    A moral standard that is the essence of his character.
    It defines him and he does not exist apart from it.
    It is who he is and he can be nothing less.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
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    "A gentleman is simply a patient wolf."

    Also he will sleep in the wet spot :wink:
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
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    I watched a male co-worker struggle with changing the bottle on the water cooler the other day. He carried it over to the cooler and sat it on the ground for a moment while he caught his breath. I simply walked over and put the jug in place. It weighed about 80 pounds, but wasn't an issue for me. I'm a bar tender, I have to change out kegs all the time. A water bottle wasn't even a small challenge.

    Does this make me a gentleman because I assisted the weaker person?

    I also make more money than many men I know, so if a male friend and I want to go out, I will offer to pick up the tab. That would be the gentlemanly thing to do, right?

    Yes, I'm pretty sure that I am a gentleman. I have both physical strength and financial power over my opposite sex friends. That seems to cover the definition as I understand it.
    strange post is strange
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
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    Has a job and doesn't borrow money from you.

    hahahaha

    sounds familiar

    I was hoping you would catch that. :laugh:
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
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    Has a job and doesn't borrow money from you.

    Amen to that!
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
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    I always hold the door open for a lady, and let her pass first. Sure, I am checking out her backside as she does, but they think I am being a gentleman.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,642 Member
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    I say we interview clients and workers at a local gentleman's club...
  • arghbowl
    arghbowl Posts: 1,179 Member
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    It means flushing before the blumpkin; not during.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
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    I say we interview clients and workers at a local gentleman's club...

    Then it would be the guy that never asks for change for a $5!
  • tottie06
    tottie06 Posts: 259 Member
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    I think it means more than the way you treat a woman. It's the way you treat everyone.
    You treat people with respect and you are a man honor.

    Agree

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