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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][google][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I actually [b]have the same problem.[/b] After 26 years, [b]DH still puts the napkin on the right [/b]with the knife and spoon on it and it drives me crazy. But I just change it and don’t make a federal case out of it. 
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Why is that a problem? [/quote]

Because Princess is putting on airs acting like Tuesday supper is a State Dinner.[/quote]

The rules of etiquette are the same everywhere.  There is not one set of rules for Tuesday supper and a completely different one for a State Dinner.

I think this is comforting for kids.  It can bring a sense of normalcy even in extreme situations.  Ma Ingalls made sure that the girls set the table correctly out on the frontier.  So did the Girl Guide leaders at the Weixian Internment Camp during WWII.

Establishing routines and patterns that can be followed in any situation makes difficult things psychologically easier to handle.

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Who decided the rules of etiquette and under what authority?[/quote]

Are you the same poster who insisted that it was ridiculous for kids to need a red sweater for the school chorus trip? You are a nightmare.[/quote]

No.

Now answer the question, please.[/quote]

Like you want a history lesson?  Are you asking about when various ancient civilizations started using various rituals and customs in day to day life? Or are you asking about dinnerware specifically?  
What do you mean “who decided the rules of etiquette?”

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I literally mean who decided the rules of etiquette, and under what authority?

Some of you seem to be under the impression that these completely  *arbitrary* rules are equivalent to scripture, and fail to comprehend that we’re not all members of your religion…[/quote]

lol…okay.  
You are welcome to try to change them.  Sneak into wedding venues and restaurants and throw the knives around.  Be a flatware anarchist!!![/quote]

So… zero clue, zero curiosity. What a good sheep.[/quote]

I kind of took it as a joke that political outrage might be directed in a more constructive manner.  [/quote]

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