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AIBU?

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Original poster

to think girls are politer than boys

40 replies

SantaWears2SnowShoes · 21/12/2009 15:37

went to my friends house today and her dd opened the door(she is 16) sh was friendly(she doesn't know me iynwim, I am just someone she knows exist)
she smiled and when I went she said goodbye and happy christmas.
compare that with my lovely(and he is lovely) son and his mates....so are they or was this girl a n=one off?

OP posts:
Cybilsnotgettingdressed · 21/12/2009 15:38

someone elses children are always more polite to you than your own, sex has nothing to do with it IMO

LastOfTheMulledWine · 21/12/2009 15:39

Some children are politer than others, just as some adults are politer than others. Nowt to do with gender.

Numberfour · 21/12/2009 15:44

i think VERY VERY generally speaking, little girls are more eager to please other people than boys are. so perhaps that is why they are usually more polite.

A HUGE GENERALIZATION NOT BASED ON ANY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AT ALL!!! just my opinion.

IMoveTheStarsForChristmas · 21/12/2009 15:44

YABU.

MaryMotherOfCheeses · 21/12/2009 15:45

Yes, yabu.

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 21/12/2009 15:45

Hahahahahahaha....

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 21/12/2009 15:46

"little girls are more eager to please other people than boys are"

Bleatblurt · 21/12/2009 15:47

YABU. Tis totally dependent on the person and nowt to do with girls being politer than boys.

piscesmoon · 21/12/2009 15:48

Some DCs are politer than other DCs-nothing whatever to do with gender.

wannaBe · 21/12/2009 15:48

yabu

But girls are much more bitchy than boys. So there.

lovechoc · 21/12/2009 15:48

yabu. it's more to do with personality not gender.

lovechoc · 21/12/2009 15:49

I would say that's true wannaBe

reservejudgement · 21/12/2009 15:57

YABU! I am always getting comments on how polite ds1 and ds2 are.

Mind you, never get the same with ds3, could be a 3rd child thing, Dragon?

jeep · 21/12/2009 16:08

my son is very polite, i remember once some girls knocked to play with him and he greeted them with a 'hello ladies'

ChickensHaveNoTinsel · 21/12/2009 16:10

YABU.

smokinaces · 21/12/2009 16:11

but of course 16yo girls are more polite than 16yo boys. all 16yo boys do is grunt!

FolornHope · 21/12/2009 16:12

what a pile of wank

PlonkerTeatowelOnTheirHeads · 21/12/2009 16:12

wow there are some huge sweeping generalisations here

YABU

Chrysanthemum5 · 21/12/2009 16:16

YABU, she was polite because you are not her Mum. I imagine your DS is very polite to other people

Numberfour · 21/12/2009 16:17

pile of wank! brilliant expression. mind if I use it, too?

mrmellors · 21/12/2009 17:12

I was like the female version of Kevin the Teenager when I was 16. Vile to my parents but all "oh hello Mrs Patterson, may I help with your shopping?" to anyone else.

JacksmamaInAPearTree · 21/12/2009 17:13

YABU. What a sexist statement to make.

dilemma456 · 21/12/2009 17:16

Message withdrawn

ChilloHippi · 21/12/2009 17:16

YABU. I was an incredibly rude child (and some would say a rude adult too!). I am teaching DS to be polite. He is three and always says to the postman 'thank you, see you again soon'

pagwatch · 21/12/2009 17:29

YABU.
DS1 had beautiful manners. (DD does too btw)It is not gender based.