Manners of men and bad mothering

So I have had three experiences in the last two days that lead me to believe that chivalry is dead. I go to Lifetime Fitness to work out and and I have Eli in the stroller because I am about to drop him off at the daycare center. The door opens outward and there was a man coming out of the daycare center as I was going in. So I swing my stroller around because I just know this guy is going to hold the door for me and when I turn back around he has let the door shut and is already sauntering down the hall. I call after him and tell him thanks. No response. Butthead! Then, on my way out, another guy lets the door shut on me. Even though it makes me mad, I just chalk it up to too much testosterone or something somehow must attack the good manner gene. But the same friggin' thing happens when I get to work this morning. I was heading into my corporate office struggling with bags and briefcases and this yahoo doesn't hold the door for me. What is wrong with people? I was raised to say yes sir and yes maam and to give up my seat for old people and to say bless you when you sneeze and excuse me when I burp(or whatever) and most especially, to hold the door for people if they have their hands full. I had a little 6 year old boy hold the door open for me the other day. If he can do it, I am sure the average adult male can be bothered to as well.
On another note...
Parenthood is usually by trial and error. They don't exactly tell you that in the parenting books but I figured it out all by myself. I learned a valuable lesson this evening when I was at home alone with Eli. It was 7:30pm and Charles wasn't home yet. So I decided we would call him and give him a hard time....on speaker phone. Eli heard his father speak and his eyes immediately traveled to the door leading from the garage as if he was just around the corner instead of 30 miles away. When he couldn't find his daddy, he started crying. Very nice, Stacy. Why don't you just shoot his favorite stuffed animal execution style while you are at it? So a word of advice to my loyal readers out there: Do not use the speaker phone on your toddler until you know he understands what it is. After that, I had to give him a bath and put him to bed. Funtime was over. Hopefully mommy won't ruin Thangsgiving and Christmas too. Oh well. Live and learn.
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