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		jimnotgym 39 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facts about throwing good parties It used to be custom (in high society, not anywhere I have dimmed) to sit boy girl boy girl, and for ladies to talk to the man in their left during the first course, right during second... to keep a balanced conversation going

arethuza 39 days ago [–]

I've been at posh events (e.g. silking dinners) where there was a fixed seating plan but then the ladies moved around before dessert.

NB Such things are really not my natural habitat.

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