By Brett and Kate McKay
Readers email us surprisingly often with questions about opening doors for women. AoM readers are interested in being gentlemen and obviously understand the basics of this traditional act of chivalry: when you get to a door before a lady, you should open it for her. But they wonder about scenarios where the set-up isn’t as cut and dry. What do you do with revolving doors? What about doors that push in instead of pull out? Do you keep holding the door for others after your date has gone through?
In today’s post, I’ll attempt to offer some guidelines to help a gentleman navigate a variety of door-opening situations.
A Word on Door-Opening and Other Acts of Old Fashioned Chivalry
Before we get to the ins and outs of door opening, let us take a... More...
