Thread: Do you open doors?

I don't open car doors but I do hold the door or defer to others at pretty much any other door. Younger than me, older than me, male, female, I don't care. It just seems to be the polite thing to do and it only costs me a few seconds. At the very least I hope it would make someone think about being a little more considerate towards others in the future.

I open doors for women and men...
Just training from Mom and Dad...God love them...May they be around for 20 more years in good health
Tom

I always open the car door for my SWMBO. She certainly likes it, but I'm amazed at the reactions I get from other people who see me do it. I had oe woman stop dead in her tracks, stare at me, and as soon as I had closed the door she said "WOW. Just, wow!"
Strange that courtesy is so unexpected.

FWIW I think the answers in this poll are a little () skewed. I voted I try to but sometimes forget. Upon reading the answers that most people have given though- it looks like I should have voted for 'always'. I'm just saying that I mostly do open doors (including the car door) for my girlfriend/other people, but I do occasionally forget. Sounds like many people don't bother with certain doors but still voted for 'always' though.

I was taught to always open door for your mom, your gf, your so, your wife and in fact all women. I still try to do that at 58 yrs old. As a general rule I will also hold open the door for men if it seems appropriate.

I go out of my way to open doors for all women but not for men unless I am already holding the door open or they obviously need help for one reason or another.
If I approach a door at the same time another man does I'll either stand aside and let him enter first or I'll go first and hold the door for him.

Im sorry gentlemen, but "Chivalry" has left the building. I will hold or open a door as a courtesy, but rarely, if ever for ONLY a woman. Women have made their desires clear, ie. equality, so let them all live with the good and bad of that.
Im with ya all regarding the elderly, those with full hands etc...but, oddly enough i do get a majority of thanks after my good deeds. Maybe being a big guy helps the gratitude along.

Originally Posted by McWolf1969

Im sorry gentlemen, but "Chivalry" has left the building. I will hold or open a door as a courtesy, but rarely, if ever for ONLY a woman. Women have made their desires clear, ie. equality, so let them all live with the good and bad of that.
Im with ya all regarding the elderly, those with full hands etc...but, oddly enough i do get a majority of thanks after my good deeds. Maybe being a big guy helps the gratitude along.

McWolf, maybe you should start opening doors for ladies again. There was a time when I got some of the dirtiest looks from women for daring to treat them like a lady but I find more and more women are again appreciating the gesture! My wife hated it the first few times I opened the car door for her, so one day I decided to see what would happen if I stopped just once. She told me she missed the treatment.

I do.

Not only is it an age thing, but it also depends where in the world you are. My wife and I were in Istanbul a couple of years ago, and when she and a man arrived at the hotel door simultaneously, she was surprised when the man barged through ahead of her, giving her a glaring look.

Almost never the car door, although occasionally if it works out that I'm near the door with her I will. I definitely did it alot more when we first started dating. I find it so weird with the key fob to do this though, lol. I think this is a bit old fashioned from when you had to manually unlock the car door. If this were still the case, I would do it for her every time.

I do always try to open "regular" doors for her (and any other lady for that matter, and occasionally men as appropriate). Depending on the situation, I may enter first, but ensure to hold the door courteously behind me as I pass through. I do this when we are going somewhere that I'm not sure about or haven't been to before.. I like to be the first in to see what's what. I guess in a protective sort of way