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RE: Memory Journal (1) - Attention
I come from the fifties, but when I read your post, it was not so different in the early seventies for a small child.
Watching your watch was rude because it showed impatience to the person you were talking to and it told something like: I've spoken to you long enough and I want to leave. That is why it was 'forbidden' in my youth, but also in adult life. I am looking forward to more stories from you.
It's so funny you mention the fifties, @clio. As I was writing this I was thinking about how many remnants of the 50's were still lingering in the 70's. I still see "watching the watch" as rude as well because of my upbringing. It's funny, when I'm at a lunch or dinner with a group if one person looks at their phone a majority of others do very quickly. It's a social signal that it's okay.