During a YW meeting, some leaders mentioned they were looking for someone to teach the etiquette dinner that we had coming up for our girls. They seemed worried about who they would find, so I volunteered. I mean, I am Bob Ligget's daughter, so I know almost everything there is to know about etiquette. :)
I took not one picture of the entire night except for my dessert plate.
Which is too bad bc the set up was actually quite beautiful.
Anyway, I was a bit nervous, but it was actually quite fun to teach all the girls and my fellow leaders. Good and basic etiquette is seriously almost long gone and forgotten, and it kills me. It surprised me how little they knew, so I felt happy to teach them the ways! haha.
My dad made a presentation for a missionary group he taught last year. (Clink link below to brush up on your skills and learn new things!)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wBGfNk7OKU1n3JAJYXEqeitOwFwPtRjb/view?usp=drivesdkI also added quite a few things that were not in the slideshow, and the girls asked so many great questions. It was so cute to hear them practicing as they ate, and then get anxious to find out the answer to something they were oblivious to.
After the dinner was done, a few leaders asked me if they could pay me to come and do this again for their company and their families. Um, yes. Yes, you can. ;)
I hated at times how strict my dad was about all things manners, grammar and etiquette. I will never forget his low grunt and slide glare if I forgot to put my napkin on my lap or if my elbows were on the table. Then my mom would always say: Mable, Mable, is you're able, get your elbows off the table." I laugh at it now, but hearing that always made me roll my eyes and feel annoyed.
Thanks to my dad, I have been noticed my entire life. I was the girl who was polite, knew how to eat properly, speak well and interview confidently and easily while leaving a good impression. It's not to brag, it's simply because my dad drilled me into understanding that these things matter and people will take note. And they always have and I am never nervous around the dinner table in any setting because I know what to do.
While I am more relaxed in certain ways in my own home at times, I have started to teach Wa'a the important basics. He knows to put his napkin on his lap, hold his fork the right way and then ask to be excused from the table when he is done. He's doing so well and my dad is so proud of us both. :P
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