So here’s what’s up: I’m 24M, at my core i am an emotional, loud goofball, very outwardly punk, and some would allege is kind of a bitch. These facts have never caused me much trouble in dating. My personality traits usually cause me to attract masc girls, artsy chicks, basically all the women who, like me, don’t come from normal ass well-to-do families.
Anyways, against all odds I’m currently dating just a normal ass accomplished ass woman. Like, a lady. And she’s cool as fuck. It’s dope, my life is great. We’ve been seeing each other about three months.
she comes from a heavily traditional family that historically puts boyfriends under microscopes. I’m told that a previous years-long boyfriend was disliked by the family because one holiday, the man entered a doorway before her.
Now I’m not some dirtbag, I like to think I know how to be a kind and thoughtful partner lol. But I don’t know \*shit\* about what traditional chivalry looks like. You follow me? Like, I know to open doors, to walk by the curb, offer your jacket if it’s cold, don’t let her pay for shit blah blah blah but the nitty gritty stuff? I just learned about pulling out a chair for your woman, for instance.
So what are some more subtle habits that a hyper-analytical traditional family might notice? Because I’m in this piece reading about silverware etiquette and shit, man. This is important to me, and I don’t know \*shit\* about this world.