According to old manners, an attentive partner at table is expected to draw up the chair for his lady partner, both when she sits down and rises.

Put the napkin on your knee. Your napkin can lie to the left of your small plate, on your small plate, on your plate or folded in your glass. 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 in your knee. Remember to turn off the mobile phones and never put it on the table.

Visit the ladies room if you must put on or retouch your make up. Most Nigerian ladies are guilty of applying make-up in public especially on a table where people are eating ... IT'S WRONG!

Always start from the right regarding the pieces of cutlery and glasses. Use both knives and forks (the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right hand). It is bad manners to refuse a bowl.

Do not speak with food in your mouth, chew with 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 in the knee during the whole dinner and is put away folded to the left of the plate, when you have finished your meal.

Smoking is only allowed if ashtrays are put on the table. Smoking is permitted at the earliest when the guests await the dessert. Before you light the cigarette, you ask your dinner partner for permission. Do not light the cigarette by a candle. Always use the ashtray, never your plate!

According to old manner, 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.

When it is time to leave the party, you thank the host and the bridal couple’s parents. Remember not to cross through the red-carpet where the cameras are situated.

Finally please and please DO NOT FART (POLUTE THE AIR)... for heaven’s sake people are eating. Once again excuse yourself a minute or 2 before it comes out. *winks*