Do you know what ‘propriety’ means?

Have you ever seen or used the word?

It was only a few days ago that I saw this word in an article. Not knowing what it meant I looked it up. Here is the definition I found; propriety is a noun and is the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior.

I smiled when I found the definition because we all know of people who do not obey rules and their life is a disaster. The most amazing thing about that type of person is that they are very upset that their life is a mess, but no matter what you say they will not change their behaviour of not obeying common sense rules or ways of behavior.

Are you that type of a person at times?

Is it helping or hurting you?

Is it helping or hurting those you associate with?