Noun
| 1. | conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion. |
| 2. | a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances. |
| 3. | the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other: medical etiquette. |
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The internet is a marvellous thing but it has brought a whole new range of mores into play. I'm sure someone must have written an etiquette book for them. Or a site I guess.
I much more of a writer than an oral communicator. And so the advent of the internet has been to my advantage. Work has honed my work communicative skills but I seem less able to apply it to my personal life in situations involvong myself. Patients say that I am easy to talk to and friends say i give good advice but that last step of talking of my pleasures/fears is a few years behind that. But I am improving.
Then there is the internet which adds more things into the mix. Instant written communication. Social networking. Sand has added me as a friend on facebook. Nothing wrong with that. Apart from the fact that it has taken him about 18 months to do. And of course the question (one that we ask patients presenting for the first time) is why now when you've had it for so long?
I have theories, but we'll have to see.
Our relationship is still quite internet based despite the fact that we live much closer to each other now. A couple of reasons for that - it's what we're used to, our schedules make phone conversations unpredictable, the manipulative ex of his.
Yet despite this I still am unsure of the right thing to do. However I guess that is more from the emotional side on my part than technical and societal standards.
