You might ask yourself, where do I start?
The first thing that you need to think about is your napkin. You need to place your napkin on your lap. Do not shake your napkin up as if it is a flag. Do not put your napkin on your neck as a bib. Simply unfold your napkin and place it on your lap and you are ready.
When you sit at a table that has so many glasses, sometimes you wonder ‘Which one should I pick up first?’ Your water glass will be very close to the knife. The smaller glass is for wine, and lastly there is the champagne flute that will be used during dessert. Your glasses will always be to your right and your bread plate is a small plate that will be on your left hand side.
Your forks are always going to be on your left, your knifes are always going to be on your right. There might be a place card at each individual place setting. You should sit at your place and not try to switch with someone else. Just stay where you are and enjoy your meal. A table like this might also have a menu card that will tell you what you will be served.
It is always appropriate for a gentleman at the table to draw up the chair for a lady also sitting at the table.
When finished eating, your napkin can lie to the left of your small plate, on your small plate, or on your dinner plate. If you must rise during the dinner, put your napkin on the right side of your plate.
You must not put your handbag on the table, but hang it on the chair or put it on your knee.
Remember to turn off the mobile phones and never put them on the table.
Visit the lady room if you must put on make up.
It is bad manners to refuse food. When served family style, simply put a small portion of everything that is offered onto your plate, and then decline from eating it. No one will notice or care once it has been placed on your plate, if you do not call attention to it.
Do not speak with food in your mouth, and always chew with a closed mouth and do not drink with food in your mouth. Never drink directly from the bottle and never put the knives in your mouth.
When the dinner has come to the end, submit your dishes in a good-looking way and your pieces of cutlery to the right. If you leave the pieces of cutlery crossed, it means that you have not finished your meal. The table napkin lies on your lap or knee during the whole dinner and is put away folded to the left of the plate, when you have finished your meal.
According to traditional manners, the bridal couple leaves the party first! Nowadays, we do not follow old traditions strictly, especially when families with children are attending the wedding party, however it is nice to let the bride and groom have their send-off, before you leave the event.
When it is time to leave the party, be sure to thank the host and the bridal couple’s parents.
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