Needles at the dinner table

November 28, 2018
When I think of etiquette, the dining room scenes from Downton Abbey and flashbacks of my cotillion days are what come to mind. I was taught to be polite for other people's’ sake. Making other people comfortable is what manners are all about. Humans like structure and rules because it’s comforting to know how those around us will act, which is a completely rational evolutionary trait.