We have agreed to abide by your determination: spoons at every meal, or only when soup is being served?
My spouse and I frequently host meals for 10 to 20 guests, both personally and professionally. We have a debate over whether to put out spoons for meals when we are not serving soup.
In a world besmirched by incivility, many people believe that etiquette – that is, the rules of moderate restraint in the interest of community harmony – is a snobbish way of humiliating honest people. Further, they include table manners in this nasty sport. A correct table setting consists of only the items necessary for the food to be consumed, laid out in an outside-to-inside pattern. That’s it. Please.I have a foot condition that requires me to wear orthopedic shoes. If I don’t, it’s very painful. My husband and I have a no-shoes rule in our house, and some of our friends do as well.
I have more than one pair, so I’m able to wash them at least once a week, which I told her. She insisted I wear the slippers she provided, so I did, and was in pain all night.That is some friend you have. She doesn’t trust your word when you say that your slippers are clean, and she would rather you be in pain all evening than risk dirt on her floor.
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