Do they?

[Sqad]

Reading the interesting post of Mrs_O concerning her dinner party, it brought to mind the tradition at the end of the eating.

Do the women (ladies) still leave the gentleman and retire into the lounge to talk about knitting and babies, leaving the men to tell jokes and smoke cigars?

It is ages since I attended a dinner party, so would like an update of present etiquette and niceties.

[Mick-Talbot]

Women are funnier than men

No ummmm I am not having that.
What I will say is that pissed women will laugh at anything.

[Sqad]

Mick

\\\\But in the 70's Ann ...you would get no help from the macho men.\\\

Sorry Mick......you have lost me there....what HELP are you talking about?

[maggiebee]

Don't have a dining room so when I retire I go to bed!!

[Ann]

\\\\But in the 70's Ann ...you would get no help from the macho men.\\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gm9rxNxyDU

[anneasquith]

things have changed sqad, the men do the babysitting, the women go to the clubs :)

[chi-chi66]

lol @ anna very true

[Ric.ror]

At my dinner parties the gentlemen retire to play billiards whilst we do a few lines and call for the stripper

[Answerprancer]

"do a few lines" ? ...now you're talking :-)

[Ric.ror]

I mean knitting ;-))

[lady-janine]

does this mean sqad you and your fellow male diners would retire to the bedroom together after you have finished your cigars?

you do surprise me a little as i didn't know you smoked.

[Answerprancer]

..yes, er that's what I meant too ...knit one perl one!