Grammar school gaffes . . . do you still make them?

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I ran into a retired teacher friend in the Walmart parking lot today. She does tons of substituting so she isn't out of sight/out of mind.   So I tossed off casually, "I guess I'll see you at Mary Jane's party next week."  She said, "I don't know.  Mary Jane hasn't asked me to her party ."  I back pedaled and said, "I think that was just a school email.  Your invite is probably in the mail."  When I got home, I emailed the inviter at both FB and school email (original email).  She thanked me for telling her and immediately called the mutual friend.  I have no idea whether she was originally on the guest list (probably . . . I can't imagine why not, which is why I tossed it off so casually), but the inviter took care of it a few minutes after I told her so there wasn't a huge gap.

So do you guys still remember these rules?  It really is something you learn in grammar school: don't talk about a party to someone who wasn't invited.  Of course, you don't always know the guest list so it's basically don't talk about it at all.  Lol.

I know there are other grammar school rules like you can't ever go out with someone that your friend liked first.  I can't remember them all, though.

Would you all like to share some of the "rules" we learned when we were younger?  One just popped in my head: "To have a friend you have to be a friend."  I'm not sure that was what I meant, though. 

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I did this last week. M was at H's 4th of July party last year. So I asked M last week, 'isn't H's party that week' ... But she didn't know there was one oops.

I suck at rules. I do best when I just keep my mouth shut.

[Opti]

I probably need to be told the Grammar school rules. Some of those unwritten rules I don't find out about, until I see threads about them.  And I've learned much about Manscaping thanks to Dark.

[weltschmerz]

Jun 18, 2015 19:47:14 GMT -5 @southernsusana said:

I ran into a retired teacher friend in the Walmart parking lot today. She does tons of substituting so she isn't out of sight/out of mind.   So I tossed off casually, "I guess I'll see you at Mary Jane's party next week."  She said, "I don't know.  Mary Jane hasn't asked me to her party ."  I back pedaled and said, "I think that was just a school email.  Your invite is probably in the mail."  When I got home, I emailed the inviter at both FB and school email (original email).  She thanked me for telling her and immediately called the mutual friend.  I have no idea whether she was originally on the guest list (probably . . . I can't imagine why not, which is why I tossed it off so casually), but the inviter took care of it a few minutes after I told her so there wasn't a huge gap.

So do you guys still remember these rules?  It really is something you learn in grammar school: don't talk about a party to someone who wasn't invited.  Of course, you don't always know the guest list so it's basically don't talk about it at all.  Lol.

I know there are other grammar school rules like you can't ever go out with someone that your friend liked first.  I can't remember them all, though.

Would you all like to share some of the "rules" we learned when we were younger?  One just popped in my head: "To have a friend you have to be a friend."  I'm not sure that was what I meant, though. 

But...but...grammar school also taught me that we should share our toys.

[Ryan]

If I'm ever attempting to explain my position on something that's more of a "preference", I always make sure I don't badmouth the alernative when I'm talking to someone.

I know an acquaintance that does this all the time and I cringe because I can't believe his wife hasn't clued him in yet.  He'll be talking about how he prefers to visit a national park with his kids and avoids places like Disneyworld because he thinks that it's a waste of money and too crowded or not fun.  Keep in mind, he's talking to other parents with kids and the odds are VERY high that he's talking to someone that either spent money going to Disney or is planning on it.   

Not that you can't express your opinion, but  you can state your preference without badmouthing the alternative.  

[mmhmm]

LOL!  Okay, here are some old school rules:

Never discuss politics or religion in polite company.
Never cross your legs at the knee.
Never chew gum in public.

[Tennesseer]

Don't dip your schoolmate's pigtails in your desk's  inkwell.

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You must put pants on under your dress if you want to climb the monkey bars.

[Regis]

All guys should live by this:


Bro Code

[hoops902]

Don't eat the yellow snow.
If you smelt it you dealt it.
Pull the hair of the girl you like (which somehow as an adult turns around to be if she likes you she'll ask you to pull her hair).

[movingforward]

Don't brag about your toys