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Do you stand up when a woman stands up to leave the table?
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:42 am
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:42 am
Is this still a proper thing to do? Do you do it only for wives/girlfriends/dates or what?
Looking for some insight because my dad didn't teach me shite.
Looking for some insight because my dad didn't teach me shite.
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Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:43 am to DosManos
Depending on the setting I will if I remember to do so.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:43 am to DosManos
Depends on context. Formal meal, yes I would.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:43 am to DosManos
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Is this still a proper thing to do?
absolutely. don't be douche chode.
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Do you do it only for wives/girlfriends/dates or what?
any woman at the table, even if it is a business lunch.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:43 am to J Murdah
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Depending on the setting I will if I remember to do so.
Like what type of setting? Relatively nice dinner at a nice restaurant, i.e. not Chili's.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:44 am to DosManos
Hell no
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:46 am to DosManos
quote:
Do you stand up when a woman stands up to leave the table?
Is this still a proper thing to do? Do you do it only for wives/girlfriends/dates or what?
Looking for some insight because my dad didn't teach me shite.
The manners course my mom made me and my brother take said it was, but I only do it when I am on a date.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:46 am to DosManos
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.
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.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:47 am to DosManos
quote:Yes, also lunches. If I'm at a booth obvi that would be difficult to do and a little awkward.
Like what type of setting? Relatively nice dinner at a nice restaurant, i.e. not Chili's.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:47 am to DosManos
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Is this still a proper thing to do?
No...it triggers them
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Do you do it only for wives/girlfriends/dates or what?
Usually just for strippers
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:47 am to Motorboat
Nowadays I could see some women getting offended.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:47 am to DosManos
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.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:48 am to Navytiger74
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Your date will be impressed if she's traditional.
However, if she's some batshit crazy ultra feminist, she will get upset if you do this or even hold a door for her.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:51 am to PsychTiger
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However, if she's some batshit crazy ultra feminist, she will get upset if you do this or even hold a door for her.
Well hopefully I won't be on a date with a batshit crazy ultra feminist bunghole.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:51 am to PsychTiger
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However, if she's some batshit crazy ultra feminist, she will get upset if you do this or even hold a door for her.
Sounds like an easy way to figure things out.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:52 am to DosManos
No.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:52 am to Motorboat
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any woman at the table, even if it is a business lunch.
Ehhh. I haven't read an etiquette book in quite a while, but that's a stretch. I'd if you're seated first and a lady later joins, of course you stand. Many of us would stand even if a man joined because we intended to shake hands. I wouldn't stand at a business lunch if a lady got up to take a call or go to the rest room.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:52 am to DosManos
A few other basics for the OP (since your dad apparently didn't teach you shite) if on a date with a woman:
- open the car door for her
- if walking next to a street you should be on the street side of the sidewalk
- if walking up stairs, you are behind her
- if going down stairs, you are in front of her
- open the car door for her
- if walking next to a street you should be on the street side of the sidewalk
- if walking up stairs, you are behind her
- if going down stairs, you are in front of her
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:53 am to DosManos
Yes. And for any woman at the table. Unless I'm in the Middle East.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:54 am to PsychTiger
You should always sit to her left also. I see guys at restaurants all the time sitting to their woman's right.
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