Do you stand up when a woman stands up to leave the table?

Depends on context. Formal meal, yes I would.

Hell no

In a semi-formal or former dinner setting with a small group (or one on one), yes--both when they leave and return.

Otherwise, no. That's what I remember from our fork and knife block of instruction.

To be honest to most people it will look a bit like you're making too much of a show of things. The practice started dying out with our parents' generation, so I imagine that most younger kids will look at you crazy. Your date will be impressed if she's traditional.

Maybe I was just raised trashy, but I had never even heard of this until a few years ago. It doesn't even cross my mind to do this when eating out, although I do usually pull out my GF's chair if the person seating us doesn't. Depends on the quality of the restaurant on whether that happens or not.

Yes. And for any woman at the table. Unless I'm in the Middle East.

only if i need to pee

Only for my wife, and only at very formal dinners, etc. If we stop to eat at Chili's after running errands, I think it would be a weird thing to do.

I did when I went to dinner before freshman homecoming and looked/felt like a total tool. Never again.


I was on the wall-side of a booth though.

Any man who doesn't is a heathen as far as I'm concerned. Maybe not at a bar, but that's about it.