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A comment on Basic Social Skills Guide (2012). Parent comment

Re:Basic Social Skills Guide (2012) by greggman2 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:57AM (#21591780)
it's not just polite to accept offers. It allows the other person to feel good for the act of giving.
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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide (2012) by hydrox24 on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:28AM (#21604651)
That's absolutely true. But I think it's worth noting just how often polite acts are specifically for making others feel good. The two things are meant to be fundamentally linked.
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