I'm a soon to be 45 y/o white male living in Augusta, GA. Actually, I already am a white male living in Augusta, but soon I will be 45 y/o, so yeah, me! My household while growing up consisted only of my father and two brothers, but my father was very strick and unwavering regarding our manners. Even when I was in the military some years later, other airmen would always point out after my phone calls how they've never heard anyone say "yes sir" and "yes ma'am" so many times. One thing that I've learned over these almost 45 years, though, is that it's respectful to address someone in the manner they wish to be addressed (within reason, of course). My Uncle Clyde (no, Jamie Fox, he wasn't really "mine", we were just related...but if Michael Jackson really did "belong" to you...well...that's your business, I guess) was a state representative in SC for a time and my cousin, Strom Thurmond, well, everybody knows about him. Of all the people I've met along the way, respect was PRIMARY!