manners, propriety?

...with the disclaimer that I realize anything can be photoshopped or spun to suit the storyteller....

So all day today I have been treated, anywhere I go online, to a set of pictures. They are of the Obamas, seated at a memorial service for Nelson Mandela (If you don;t know who he was, please google it or at least read something more reliable than mainstream media or wikipedia). They are seated next to a blond, apparently the PM or some such of Denmark maybe? Michelle is not looking pleased as hubby participates in taking a selfie with the blond. next pic shows O and Michelle having switched seats....hmmm...

Now this brings to mind a question or two....one is...as a married man in the public eye (or a married man in general), would you take a selfie with an attractive blond while wifey sits there looking undeniably not pleased? Now if said blond was a relative, that changes things somewhat, but somehow don;t think that's the case here. Plainly if you do, you have no consideration for the feelings of the wife....which could make your home life a little dicey, to say the least.

Number two----as president of a country, representing said country at this memorial event, broadcast on tv and internet worldwide, should you not show a little decorum? Laughter may be appropriate at certain times...i.e. an amusing story involving the deceased, etc....but to be blatantly ignoring social mores by self picture taking and so on...really Presidential behavior, huh?  

Just a little classless and crass, I would say.

But also not limited to the actions of O and his ilk/followers.....I see it too often in everyday life too....

When did it become socially acceptable to wear pajamas and houseshoes out shopping or to any other activity not involving an emergency trip to the doctor or hospital? Or to let ginormous ta-tas hang braless and flopping under teeny shirts not designed to cover them? Or to wear britches with the waistband down so low that anyone who cares to look and more importantly those of us who would rather not see such sights, can see one's underwear down to the crotch of it?

When did it become de rigueur for children of any age to dictate to their parents what is going to happen...like buying them something or letting them do something just because they want to? When did being the parent become such a bad thing? Not to mention applying some discipline to those little brats you gave birth to?

I know I fight a losing battle trying to raise my kids to go against the stream...but I see some wins.....I see kids who have grown up to be thoughtful of others...who for the most part keep the appropriate body parts appropriately covered, who shake their heads at how kids are let run loose in stores and other public areas and vow to raise theirs with some rules and standards. Maybe not always as I would wish, but then I parent differently than my folks did to some degree also....