“Why do you get to decide what is respectful?”…….. Dude….. are you serious? Being respectful is for the sake of OTHER PEOPLE. It’s not based on YOUR OPINION. Being respectful is being truly considerate and empathetic of OTHER PEOPLE and it’s about HOLDING BACK and truly being there for them. If you’re offending someone by doing something you ‘think’ is respectful then you really need to step back and re-examine what you’re doing.