Quote Originally Posted by kiwiMark View Post
yeah when eating, say, pasta which only requires one hand I keep my off-hand on my lap and get made fun of here (in germany) for doing so. This confuses me greatly, as their alternative is that I should have my other hand resting on the table, when I was brought up that that would be more in the direction of rudeness as it's taking up more space.
I used to get yelled at by parents for having elbow on table.