How To Say ‘No’ to Friends or Family Who Want To Borrow Money

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It’s pretty much always awkward when a friend or family member asks to borrow money. The last thing you want is to offend the other person, but in some cases, you’re absolutely not going to give them any money. Unfortunately, you might be feeling uneasy, because you don’t quite know how to handle the situation.

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Modern Money Etiquette: What’s Really the Best Way To Handle Splitting the Check?

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After more than a year of pandemic lockdowns and social distancing, we’re all jumping at the chance to meet up for food and drinks with loved ones. But when it comes to divvying up that check at the end, that age-old dilemma of how to split the bill will undoubtedly rise again.

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How to Hold a Spoon

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Although proper spoon use varies from culture to culture, you can learn a universal way to hold a spoon to allow for the widest field of motion.

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How to Hold a Fork

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Proper table etiquette may vary depending on where you are. There are two traditional Western schools of eating with a fork and knife: the European “continental” style, and the American “cut-and-switch” or “zig-zag” style.

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Dining Etiquette: How to Eat a Biscuit

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On a sunny summer day, a friend and I enjoyed a lovely Sunday Brunch at Blue Smoke in Battery Park City. We savored the traditional Southern cuisine. Of course we ordered the Buttermilk Biscuits, which were warm, flakey and baked to perfection. Then it came to me, many people don’t know how to navigate the […]

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