Thursday, 29 April 2010
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Hot or Not: Grooming and Beauty Maintenance at the Table
I'd like to paint you a word mural.
Just imagine you're in the midst of a fabulous, diamond-in-the-rough date. The night is going stunningly and your date is magically delicious. Not a hair out of place. Oh but wait, I spy a stray nose hair. He feels it too. One swift yank and it's gone.... and then neatly placed on the napkin in front of him, right next to his medium-rare filet mignon. But it's not over, that pesty-hair removal yank has now made him self-conscious about the way his hair has shifted on his head. Out comes the comb from his jacket pocket and he is quickly and purposefully fixing his coif while staring at his reflection in his soup spoon. When all is said and done, your date is once again looking magically delicious, but for some reason you can't seem to get that shocked grimace off of your face.
On the flip side...
Man, your woman is looking fine tonight. Not a single blemish on that perfectly powdered face. Maybe that's because she keeps whipping out her compact every ten minutes to re-powder her nose right there at the dinner table. Not to mention the applying and re-applying of lip gloss after every sip of her beverage of choice. She might as well have brought along her entire cosmetic bag and placed it at a third seating of the table. But, hey, who can knock personal grooming these days... Right?
Have you ever experienced an act of personal grooming while on a date at your very table? Granted the nose hair example was taking it to extremes, but I have seen both men and women fixing their appearance with the necessary tools right in front of my very eyes. As if their face would melt or toupee would fall off before they reached the privacy of a bathroom.
I've heard arguments that in today's modern society, applying makeup at the table has become more socially acceptable. But I am quite positive that Emily Post would have a mini-etiquette meltdown if she ever saw that happen in public.
So what do you think: Beauty maintenance at the dinner table.... Hot or Not?
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Comments (28)
I dunno, this is very 1920's behavior.
@sempermedusa@xanga - touche. Pocket comb, really?
This made me wonder, when guys make a subtle "readjustment" (or in some cases, attempted subtle adjustment) how crude or rude is it to do on a date? Or is it? In some cases it could be good I guess but in others, if you're not attracted, bad. I know off topic.
Not, seems too vain
Definitely a no-no. If you need to take care of personal needs, please excuse yourself and go to the restroom. I simply don't want to take notice especially if I'm enjoying my meal.
I don't do that stuff at the table. And I definetly don't feel comfortbale applying makeup infront of a first date unless it's chapstick or something that doesn't feel like I'm putting on a mask for him right before his eyes lol.
Yeah, I'd rather do that/ want that done in the bathroom.
I don't date high maintenance metrosexuals, so that won't be a big problem at my dates. I rarely wear makeup but I think it is very rude to retouch makeup at the table when others do it. what I can't stand from him is fidgeting with the cell phone.
@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - agreed.
not hot. no grooming at the table.
noooooooooooooo.
This is a HUGE no for me : People will never* see me fixing my makeup or hair anywhere in public.
Should tened to any face problems at home. A hidden mirror is good for a booger.
Should be done at the loo. Plus, I don't want make up/skin/hair particles falling all over the dining table.
i think this sounds unhygienic (you want all that makeup/hair in your food?) as well as rude. a woman should be paying attention to her date at the table, not her makeup.
as others have said, grooming should be done in the bathroom.
I brush my hair in public if I feel knotty (curly hair requires constant readjustments, and constant bathroom breaks are rude/annoying) and reapply lip balm/chapstick. I don't think that's bad.
No, other than chapstick-fixes when I'm with friends! :)
it would be weird if they started to floss
no sir. that is like pulling out a cell phone and answering a phone call or text at the table. not cool at all.
not at the table except with close friends and only when someone's like, "hey, you have something in your teeth." then the compact comes out.
Just go to the bathroom! Not hot. I will redo lip balm, but that is about it.
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@Thumper49047@xanga - I try to make sure to never do it in front of other people if at all possible, at least not when they can see me adjusting. Just seems rude.
Never seen anyone do it on a date, but I can't even stand it when you're at home and you've been together for years. It's just not something that should be done outside of a bathroom, or in view of others.
The ONLY grooming I've ever done (or find acceptable) on a date was pulling my hair back (like into a bun) but only if it's getting in the way or into my food (hate that >_<)
not.
The only acceptable things (for me, anyway!) are applying chapstick (my lips are addicted) and pulling my hair back into ponytails (it drives me bonkers sometimes)