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[DoneTryin]

Yikes!  My Tablemate doesn't have that much room, & I have the XL size.  Guess I'll have to downsize my pizzas from large to medium &  get a 12 oz Pepsi instead of the 1 liter to make room.

[athenian]

I learned the easy-to-remember:  from the outside in for formal dinners.

[butterfly123]

@DoneTryin@Desertdi

Both of you make me laugh. You're both witty and fun😎

[butterfly123]

Yes, I actually set many tables exactly like this when I was much younger and worked at a CC. There are meals that require more glassware, utensils and plates than what is pictured! Imagine that.

Have any of you watched the movie Pretty Woman and do you recall the scenes of the hotel manager working with Julia Roberts on how to correctly use each piece of the table setting? Than she goes out for dinner and there are utensils she was not familiar with.

Guests would be confused when sitting down for a formal dinner at the CC.

We have friends who set their tables for holidays as pictured above. They have different dinnerware for different holidays.

The beauty of the formal dining settings is that you need so much space for the settings, that you actually have elbow room.

To each their own🌹

[newname0]

butterfly123

I would get confused in a restaurant by the two forks.  Now I know the short fork is for salads and the longer fork is for dinner. 

[mzlg]

@newname0, nice place setting ... you did say dinner will be served at 7 pm ... I'm bringing red wine and can't wait to see your centerpiece. 

[IamMrsG]

Yes, I know how to set a table, and, yes, I care.  While, of course, not as formally as shown in the photo, we lay a table correctly at each meal, i.e., we regularly use bread plates, folded napkins, salad and dinner forks, wine glasses, etc.   

[AKgirl2]

I did know with the tutelage of a how to set a table and fold dinner napkins book years ago.  But...Hell no!  Was never that formal...and all the unnecessary dishes, glasses and silverware to wash and put away!

[Snowpuppy]

Being the resident Tableware Ho, yes, I do set a formal table for the holidays 😆

I took DS to a white tablecloth restaurant beginning in middle school to teach him how to order, pay, who sits where, etc. 

It's paid off. As a young man out on his own dining with high dollar clients, he's not a klutz. 

[IamMrsG]

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@Snowpuppy wrote:

Being the resident Tableware Ho, yes, I do set a formal table for the holidays 😆

I took DS to a white tablecloth restaurant beginning in middle school to teach him how to order, pay, who sits where, etc. 

It's paid off. As a young man out on his own dining with high dollar clients, he's not a klutz. 

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I wish more parents realized the importance of this sort of social skill.