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  1. 10-01-2007 02:24 PM #1
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    I was at my girlfriends house 1st time i ment her dad and i wore my hat at the dinner table when i eat dinner there. He didnt say anything to me about it. But later he told her that he didnt like me wearing the hat at the dinner table. No big deal next time i will take it off it is his house and i have no problem respecting his rules. But i see no big deal at all about wearing a hat at the dinner table my dad always wore his and so do all of my other friends. So do you take your hat off or leave it on???
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    Take the hat off when you eat at someone else's house. It shows you have manners and will be some great brownie points for the future father-in-law
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  3. 10-01-2007 02:28 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Double R
    Take the hat off when you eat at someone else's house. It shows you have manners and will be some great brownie points for the future father-in-law
    Oh i will from here on out. He was cool about it.
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  4. 10-01-2007 04:39 PM #4
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    Default Re: Hat at the dinner table

    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    But i see no big deal at all about wearing a hat at the dinner table my dad always wore his and so do all of my other friends.
    I don't either (see the big deal).

    I guess you could look at it this way. If your wearing jeans and a tee-shirt, hats are fine. If your wearing khakis and a nice shirt, hat probably wouldn't go well. I really think taking off your hat is a respect thing. To our generation it's no big deal but it might mean something to the baby-boomer generation.
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  5. 10-01-2007 06:51 PM #5
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    I always remove my hat before sitting down to eat; never really thought about "why', it just felt right.

    If that's the worst thing that your G/F's dad has to complain about, then he's had a pretty good day!!
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    When I go to eat at the Mo-in-laws place nobody wears a hat at the dinner table, so I dont either.

    Picnics and BBQ's are a different story.

    I didnt wear a hat at the table when I was a kid either. Its just a matter of the level manners someone was brought up with.
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    I dunno, but I was of the opinion that a "gentleman" always removes his hat upon entering any establishment?????????

    Some of you southern ladies & gentlemen might be able to add your opinions.
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    I am surprise that anyone would have to ask that! There are some resturants that require you to remove you head gear and not talk on your cell phones while dining!

    Not trying to be mean but I take it that you are not Ex military with a questoin like that!

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    Depends on the situation. If you're just out with friends or hanging around the house with the family, leave it on. Anything else, you always take it off.
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    No matter what the senerio, Indoors/Outdoors, restuarant, or meeting the future In-laws., one thing is for sure, taking the hat off will not "offend" anybody or breach any etiquette.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nrvsreck
    Depends on the situation. If you're just out with friends or hanging around the house with the family, leave it on. Anything else, you always take it off.
    :rock: :twisted: I agree totally with nrvsreck :twisted: 8)
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    there is alot of people that take it off. I thought that more people left it on. O well am still leaveing mind on but hey to each there own. But i will take it off at other peoples houses unless there wearing one.
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    I don't take my hat off when I go in a building but if I'm at a sitdown restuarant, I take it off when I go to sitdown. I do it more as a show because I see so many who don't take them off. I put it back on when I get up to leave.
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    Well, I take my hat off when I walk into someone's house. I take my hat off when I eat, whether I am at home, or anywhere else.

    When I was a kid, and we went to my grandparents' house, if I wore my hat for any length of time, my granddad asked me if my head was cold. Dad would make a jesture for me to take off my hat.


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    I don't wear hats, but I do consider it proper to remove it when indoors. Outside at a picnic is fine. But Didn't Tom Jones say "You can leave your hat on"? Or was it leave a light on? I don't remember.
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    Hat off. My grandma always told me to take my hat off.
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    I always take mine off when I am inside.


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    I always left mine on inside i really dont see a big deal. But my dad never took his hat off for anything. so i guess it on in how you are rised.
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    Quote Originally Posted by inmate1577
    When I go to eat at the Mo-in-laws place nobody wears a hat at the dinner table, so I dont either.

    Picnics and BBQ's are a different story.

    I didnt wear a hat at the table when I was a kid either. Its just a matter of the level manners someone was brought up with.


    It's an old English custom where hats are tipped, (or doffed) slightly lifting the hat off your forehead, when meeting a lady (remove your hat if you stop to talk), or to "say" to anyone, male or female – thank you, excuse me, hello, goodbye, you’re welcome or how do you do.

    Tipping of the hat is a conventional gesture of politeness. This hat tipping custom has the same origin as military saluting, which came from the raising of medieval Knights face visors to show friendliness.

    Hats are worn less now, but at the turn of the 20th century, all adults wore hats whenever they left the house. It was a matter of good personal hygiene, since hats were a protection from industrial dirt.

    Hats are removed when inside, except for places that are akin to public streets, like lobbies, corridors, and crowded elevators (non-residential). In a public building (where there are no apartments) the elevator is considered a public area.

    You may choose to remove your hat in a public elevator, but in the presence of a lady your hat must be removed.

    A gentleman takes off his hat and holds it in his hand when a lady enters the elevator in any building that can be classified as a dwelling such as an apartment house or hotel. He puts it on again in the corridor.

    It's therefore become a mark of respect to take them off during a meal, funerals, church service, when you greet someone in the street, or any other occasion when you want to signify that you respect the person. That's where the term, "I take my hat off to you" originated.




    So based on this customs origin it would be possible to start a custom for women to have to doffer their blowse and bra when talking to a man ,so he can see if the goods are reall of just a decoy ...After all it would just be plain ,and simple good manners :wink:
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    Decoy Huh, is that cuz you have been fooled in the men's bathroom with fakes????? Maybe you should check the adams apple first.
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