Chivalry Is...

...a guy friend hauling your kayak out of your car for you, even though you're quite capable of doing it yourself.

...a friend opening the oven door for you to take out caramel rolls.

...a friend's friend standing up to greet your father...and tactfully trying to not notice the underwear hanging on the clothesline.

...a friend bringing you pizza for your lunch break during classes on your birthday.

...a new friend taking your water bottle from his car into a friend's place--because you may want it.

...a friend's roommate opening your car door for you, even when you're the one driving.

...a friend coming over to get a dead thing out of the yard--a dead thing so mangled that the only reason you know it was alive is because you know most certainly that it's dead.

...a friend removing the moonroof from his truck so you can climb in through the hole (after stargazing in the truckbed) without having to put your cold, wet socks and shoes back on (after running through puddles in the springtime). Bonus points: it took another 15 minutes to get the moonroof replaced. (It was an old truck.)

...your new friend's husband grilling your cheese sandwich for you because you are completely inept when it comes to cookouts.

...when your friend lends you the stocking cap off his head as you sit in the outdoor hot tub on a -10' January day--especially because he had offered you one earlier and you had refused.

...your faithful friends who answer every conceivable question you may have in regard to cars and technology.

...a friend's friend taking your 5-year-old friend for a horseback ride on his birthday.

Life is good, and thank You, God!