Dear Reader,
One of my high school English teachers had a pet peeve about people responding to words of gratitude by saying, "No problem." He did not consider it a gracious way of accepting thanks and encouraged his students to respond to someone by saying, "It is my pleasure." (By the way, I think this teacher holds the record for the number of times the word "colloquialism" could be used in a single class period.)
I latched on to this phrase and most often respond to a person's thanks by indeed saying, "It is my pleasure." A faculty member at the college I attended took note the first time I responded to him by saying this phrase because he too shared the dislike of the "no problem" reply. Anytime that I would see him after that, he would make a point of saying, "It is my pleasure," even if it had no place in conversation.
Over the past few months, my husband and I have experienced occasions with both sets of grandparents where my dear boy responds to them by saying, "It is my pleasure." Way to go!
Sincerely,
Abi
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