Birthday Cards

 

I had a birthday this month and was a little sad about not getting cards from some people to whom I always send a card.

Perhaps the sending of physical cards is just going out of style.  I am always pleased to receive a card, happy that someone has thought enough of me to remember the date and go to the bother to mail a card.

I also take pleasure in sending cards.  I like preparing this bit of paper that's going to go through the postal system and that they're going to receive at their home.  It just a little way of letting them know that I care about them and think of them enough to buy and prepare a card and not just do a few clicks on the computer to send a greeting.

Now I'm wondering if I will continue to send cards to everyone or if I will stop sending to the people who don't send cards to me.  How many years should I send and not receive a card before I decide to stop?

Shoes in the House

 

There seems to be this thing going on in the social media world.

Lots of people chiming in about being asked to remove their shoes when they visit someone's home.

I imagine this is mainly a "thing" in the US and Canada.  I believe there are lots of places in the world where it is assumed that you will remove your shoes when you enter someone's house.

Personally I think it is a really good idea.  We walk in buildings, on and off transit and on sidewalks - the very sidewalks where dogs pee and poo!  Why would we want to wear that footwear inside our clean homes?  I have friends who request no shoes and I am happy to comply.  I don't ask it of people who visit me because I just don't want the hassle if someone objects.  I don't have anyone over to visit all that often anyway.

However, there are people on the web who seem absolutely furious about the very idea and say they won't take their shoes off because it's somehow infringing on their freedom.  I just don't understand that attitude.  It's someone else's home.  It's their choice.  If you don't like it then don't enter.  

It's a matter of courtesy, of respecting others' rights, of behaving like an adult.

If someone came to my home and refused to do something I asked them to do or not do I would tell them to leave.  And never invite them again.