Have you ever wondered why we pull out a lady s chair as she is being seated at the dinner table.
Lady s chair is put out.
The president s physician said in a memo that trump and the first lady who is 50 are both well at this time and plan to remain at home within the white house during their convalescence.
It was difficult for a woman to sit in a bustle and often caused her to have to sit slightly sideways on the very edge of her chair.
If you re not out with a date but rather platonic ladies keep an eye out for if the lady nearest you pauses at the chair.
Otherwise there s almost no way you d be expected to pull chairs for multiple ladies.
A man would hold the chair for her so that the bustle didn t make the chair slide away from her before she actually sat on it then gently push it in for her as she settled herself fully.
By starting out close to the chair you will have less work to do and are much less likely to expose yourself or miss your mark and fall.
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In time fashions have changed radically and the once courteous act of pulling out a woman s chair has developed from necessary assistance to a simply nice even chivalrous act.
Pull the chair out for the woman who s presumably your date.