What happened

What happened to manners
What happened to patriotism
What happened to "death do us part"
What happened to kids behaving
What happened to real dates

Here is my explanation and I hope you enjoy my question but think about it. I remember being taught manners how to be polite. I knew how to say thank you, yes please, good morning sir. I could wait for an elderly person to enter the door before me. If I was on public transportation I would get up for a woman or an elderly person.

I wanted to be a Marine for as long as I could remember. It was the most honorable job a person could have. I love the flag I knew US history. I respected the office of the politicians that we elected. I knew the pledge of allegiance and I knew the bill of rights. I would stand for the national anthem I could not even imagine not standing.

I do not have a single friend who has been married for more than 15 years. Most of them are on their 2nd or 3rd families. How sad and how selfish it does not seem to be worth getting married no one seems to value it. My grandparents were married for 67 years no one in my bloodline will even come close to that.

Children are out of control. I know as a child I was not perfect however I did not kick scream and act ridiculous in a grocery store or restaurant in public or in private. I have 3 boys they are all adults now and none of them behaved that way either. Why are children so ill behaved.

What happened to being asked out on a date or asking someone out on a date. Actually planning to do something other than Netflix and chill. Remember buying that new shirt for that special date. Going to their residents picking them up actually knocking on the door. Taking them somewhere special. Having a conversation with them not just texting all night. Remember making memories on real dates.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

People our age talk about this a lot, because we have experuences to compare it to.

As briefly as I can manage:

As a generation, it was decided that if there was a God, it was us. In that battle much of mankind lost any superior to hold us responsible. A sad sort of Bacchanalia resulted, with much pleasure and little satisfaction. Eat, drink, and pretend to be merry, for tomorrow we die.

We recognized the need to share the wealth with our brothers and sisters, which is wonderful, but we were so eager to make sure it was reliable we gave the function of charity over to the government. They can't do any human gesture with humanity because bureaucracies have policies, not people. Charity is now a dirty word when it used to be synonymous with

synonyms:goodwill, compassion, consideration, concern, kindness, kindheartedness, tenderness, tenderheartedness, sympathy, indulgence, tolerance, leniency, caritas; literarybounteousness
"show a bit of charity"

In fact, some Biblical translations use 'charity' interchangably with 'love.'

In the process, we lost those qualities and the people who receive are resentful because the same society that helps them to survive prevents them from thriving and the donors are resentful because their contribution is extorted via taxes and they don't have a choice.

Capt11 · 46-50, M

@Mamapolo2016 . You are right in The Bible charity and love are almost interchangeable. I want to believe that as a person we have certain things good inside of all of us. I do not know why those things on seemed to come out more often at the most critical times. People would prefer to do what is easy and not what is always best. Thank you for taking the time to respond I hope you have a good day.