Do they?

[Sqad]

Reading the interesting post of Mrs_O concerning her dinner party, it brought to mind the tradition at the end of the eating.

Do the women (ladies) still leave the gentleman and retire into the lounge to talk about knitting and babies, leaving the men to tell jokes and smoke cigars?

It is ages since I attended a dinner party, so would like an update of present etiquette and niceties.

[firewatch]

Nope we sit round the table drinking lol

[Traci66]

Not in my world Sqad.

[gness]

We only let you believe it`s knitting and babies Sqad. ;-)

[joggerjayne]

No. All the smokers (men AND women) go outside to smoke in the garden (or on the balcony, in my case).

[tonyav]

LOL, I like it sqad ( going to get my popcorn ).

[Hopkirk]

If the ladies go off into a different room, I would rather go with them.

[pips1]

Maybe these days the ladies retire to discuss Mr Grey!!

[gness]

I shall bear that in mind Hopkirk. :-) x

[McMouse]

After dinner Mrs McM always withdraws to the lounge and I withdraw to the kitchen to do the clearing up (and open more wine). I have been known to tell myself jokes, but usually I don't get them.

[Hopkirk]

If it was you and your mates, Gness, perhaps I would end up regretting it.

[Sqad]

\\\After dinner Mrs McM always withdraws to the lounge and I withdraw to the kitchen to do the clearing up\\\

How quaint...........I don't think it will catch on though.

Hopkirk

\\If the ladies go off into a different room, I would rather go with them.\\

???????.......what do you now about knitting and babies?

[snags]

''would like an update of present etiquette and niceties''

Sqad... just so you know for your next dinner party: getting your kn0b out over the bakewell tart and yelling 'keys in the pot, lets party' is not the done thing anymore...

[Mick-Talbot]

tell jokes and smoke cigars?


I must be missing out......

[Sqad]

snags......LOL

[humbersloop]

It's amazing how much baby and knitting chat you can get in over seven or eight pints squad ;-)

[Hopkirk]

Which room would you rather be in Sqad?

[Ann]

I think dinner parties are a thing of the past here now Sqad, people tend to just pop round for drinks and nibbles, or a BBQ if the weather is ever right! Formal dinner parties were such hard work if I remember back to the 1970s. We did used to have less formal fondue evenings and "bring a bottle and plate of food" evenings too they were much less work and still exist today!

[Sqad]

Hoppy......the bedroom.......and that would come later........

[ummmm]

Women are funnier than men. So the men want to hang out with the women.

[Mick-Talbot]

But in the 70's Ann ...you would get no help from the macho men.