So I am a Dominican American from new York. I feel insecure about my dining etiquette when eating with my boyfriends family (who are very dominican from santo domingo). My parents are more from el campo, and never tought me formal table etiquette.
1) When do i know when Im suppose to serve the food for my boy friend ..or when he is suppose to serve it himself?
2)When I meet some one for the first time do i say "much gusto"...and then when i say bye i say "fue un placer"? Does this apply to everyone i meet for the first time?
3)When I go into his aunts house do i have to give every one a kiss on the cheek when greeting them.
4) I feel like people think im stand offish...but its that i sometimes dont know what to do immediatly. I am very "simpatica y buena jente" ..i am very outgoing but more when i can speak in english.
5)When eating at the family table is it rude to converse?
6)When i eat at some ones house do i say"gracia por la comida"?..it sounds weird.
7) Is over all american table manners the same as dominican..like if i take an ettiquete class in the city can it be applied when eating out in DR.
8)when a guy says "quidate" when leaving..what do i say?
9)when some one tells me "fue un placer" do i say "gracias"
1) When do i know when Im suppose to serve the food for my boy friend ..or when he is suppose to serve it himself?
2)When I meet some one for the first time do i say "much gusto"...and then when i say bye i say "fue un placer"? Does this apply to everyone i meet for the first time?
3)When I go into his aunts house do i have to give every one a kiss on the cheek when greeting them.
4) I feel like people think im stand offish...but its that i sometimes dont know what to do immediatly. I am very "simpatica y buena jente" ..i am very outgoing but more when i can speak in english.
5)When eating at the family table is it rude to converse?
6)When i eat at some ones house do i say"gracia por la comida"?..it sounds weird.
7) Is over all american table manners the same as dominican..like if i take an ettiquete class in the city can it be applied when eating out in DR.
8)when a guy says "quidate" when leaving..what do i say?
9)when some one tells me "fue un placer" do i say "gracias"
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