Today as I headed to my weekly body sculpt class, I ran into the question of what makes a true gentleman? I was right behind a guy who I have seen at the club many times and we have a mutual friend. His first misstep came in the form of not holding the door open for me, but that really wasn't the kicker.
This class is packed every Saturday, and today was no exception. I had to run to another room and get two risers - one for me and one for my friend (the mutual friend in fact). I placed my risers on the ground and was headed to pick up some other materials when the dude in question nabbed one of my risers. He did not ask if it was saved for someone else. He did not ask if he could take it. He just took it as if it were no big deal. Hmm... maybe I am blowing this out of proportion, but whatever happened to a little common courtesy?
A minute or so later, my friend who I had been saving the spot for arrived. She was perplexed as to why she had no riser. And then I told her, "your so called gentleman friend is not such a gentleman afterall." Actually, my language was a little more descriptive (wink-wink).
Acting nice and polite to a fellow friend or person of a similar disposition would not be the qualifications of a gentleman, but rather, not doing such things would simply make that person an ass.
A true gentleman is one who treats everyone with the same generosity of spirit - friend, foe, or stranger. Now the question of what makes a lady... I shall leave that for another day.
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