Reply #27: An etiquette book [View All]

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My stepmother, I think on the first Christmas after she married my Dad, gave me and my 2 sisters each a book on etiquette. The one by Letitia Baldrige. My oldest sister was 28 at the time. I don't know what my sisters thought about it, but I thought it was an insult, as if she was saying to us and to my Dad that we weren't raised properly. I think my sisters felt the same way but didn't say anything. To be honest, I did read most of the book and found it an interesting glimpse into the lifestyle of the upper class. But the fact that my stepmother decided we all needed to be retrained was rather insulting and not what I would consider an appropriate Christmas gift.