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<blockquote data-quote="Ropefree" data-source="post: 233564" data-attributes="member: 6271"><p>For years I did not have a table in my house. Teaching my son proper table manners was important to me. Every attempt I made went wrong. For example i asked his father to teach table manners and the oof threw his hands over his head and took my son to sit on the ground in front of a bench. When I finally did have a table the first time we sat at it was with a teenage sitter in the mist of his rebellion who knew better and was just as anti-mannerly as can be.</p><p> </p><p>Here comes the punchline...wait for it...</p><p></p><p>So one day we are going to eat with others and it is so important to me that my son reflect the best table manners. So I said " Behave as if you are eatting with the Queen."</p><p></p><p>We live in the US and at this young age my son had not had tv. However the British have made SUCH a long lasting impression my son sat up straight in his chair, pursed his lips and raised his pinkie.</p><p></p><p>....just for the record...ok origins were "it is so"...not exactly an alternative to YES.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ropefree, post: 233564, member: 6271"] For years I did not have a table in my house. Teaching my son proper table manners was important to me. Every attempt I made went wrong. For example i asked his father to teach table manners and the oof threw his hands over his head and took my son to sit on the ground in front of a bench. When I finally did have a table the first time we sat at it was with a teenage sitter in the mist of his rebellion who knew better and was just as anti-mannerly as can be. Here comes the punchline...wait for it... So one day we are going to eat with others and it is so important to me that my son reflect the best table manners. So I said " Behave as if you are eatting with the Queen." We live in the US and at this young age my son had not had tv. However the British have made SUCH a long lasting impression my son sat up straight in his chair, pursed his lips and raised his pinkie. ....just for the record...ok origins were "it is so"...not exactly an alternative to YES. [/QUOTE]
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