11 Table Manners That Still Matter

More interestingly, don't hold your knife like a pen!

Nice to see pretentious snobbery still abounds!

Im eating how I feel, im sick of people imposing their views on everyone else....If u did not provide my meal...shut the H**E**LL UP!!!!!

My experience is, most people giving toasts or others at the table don't seem to know that the person being toasted should not drink. They expect everyone to clink glasses together and drink up. Sure wish they knew this..because the person who handles it correctly actually looks out of place!

If I spend 1000.00 bucks on a table set, 200.00 on china, and another 200.00 on silverware, I'm gonna eat any damn way I choose

No, you DO drink w/your left hand because your right hand should not be wet from condensation (from your glass) when you meet someone new or shake someone's hand!

Don't chew with your mouth open or talk with your mouth full, say please and thank you, and thank the cook if you're eating at someone's house.

I agree with Zodiac. Many times people have to wait for a table at the bar and have cocktails while they are waiting. I have had my waiter escort me to my table when it became read and carry my cocktail as well. I, too, am taking my cocktail to the table. Where did this advice originate, anyway?

Dont Fart at the dinner table!!!!!!! LOL

Only butter the piece of bread you're putting in your mouth, not the whole piece you took. keep the bread and butter on the bread plate at the upper left, above the forks. I eat left handed, but either left or right or two-hand European-style is fine. Emily post used to say that elbows were okay on the table between courses, and of course it is okay to rest one's forearms against the table. Anybody here recognize an ice cream fork??? They exist! See what we missed by not being born into higher classes two generations ago?

Eating with your mouth open, we do have lips. Do not extend you hand over some one else,s plate.
Picking your teeth. Sucking food that is stuck between your teeth. Oh, and don't forget, do not pick your nose for additional protein.

While I agree with most of these, I don't agree with spitting unwanted food back on the fork. Instead, swallow the bite (unless you're allergic), and move on. If questioned, nicely said that it's just not something you care for, but that you appreciate the cook for making it for you (and you show them that by trying it out!) Spitting it out is so gross. Also, what's wrong with lightly blowing on your food? Don't spray your dinner guests or the table with food from your fork, that's gross, but lightly blowing on it to help cool it down? I don't see any problem with that. I'm not about to let a hot meal turn lukewarm or cold just because of a silly rule.

And when setting the table, the forks do not rest on the napkin.

If you [silently in company] pray a good grace before your meal and/or thank the cook if the meal is homemade, you generally never need to blow on your food anyway. My mom used to serve us piping hot food on purpose so that we would not make a fuss about giving thanks to those who have provided the meal. Itadakimasu!

Didn't say anything about feet on the table... ;)

WOW. what about talking with your MOUTH full or chewing with your mouth OPEN! Learning how to properly cut your food. i.e- using your fingers not your fist!

May I add that I was taught to NOT walk around with your hands in your pockets, chew gum in pubic, lean against walls whilst talking or waiting. No sparkling jewelry before 4 p.m. Cover your arms while in Church or before a Judge. Take a quick check in the mirror before leaving your home that you have in fact remembered to change clothes if necessary and may I add, check your make up and teeth and breath. No talking on phones in public, if you must, find a quiet corner or in the car. Nobody wants to hear your personal business believe me. Please, no yelling at your children especially profanity. Tho I may be a bit old fashioned, my Mother drilled these things into me and now in my 50's and thank her so very much for making sure I knew these things along with how to set a table properly and those types of things. Even tho we're all sure we don't need to know alot of these things, most likely your Mother is always right in the end. After all, nobody likes to be put in an embarressing situation of not knowing the basics of good manners because it's just like making sure you have clean underwear on, you just never know. If you parents out there aren't sure what to teach, there are always little camps or clubs to learn these helpful things and believe me, tho you may think alot of these things are outdated, you children will thank you later. Just remember, the whole reason there are manners in place at all is to make everyone feel comfortable and that should be the #1 reason in the first place.

At my house I'll put my dick on the table if I want!!! Who needs someone else making rules for them????

At my house I'll put my dick on the table if I want!!! Who needs someone else making rules for them????

Don't check your penis for scabs or herpes that's bad forte XD