The Unwritten Rules of Dining Invitations! How to Handle Inviting Yourself/Others? The Social Details are Hidden Here!
1. If someone else is treating, arrive 10 minutes late.
2. If you are treating, arrive 10 minutes early.
3. The best relationships in society are childhood friends, comrades, and classmates—don't get the order wrong.
4. If your status is not enough, don't use tea to replace wine.
5. If you are not feeling well, don't visit others' homes.
6. If there are more than three people at a meal, do not discuss personal matters.
7. Do not overestimate your relationship with anyone; the closer you are, the less they can accept your sudden improvement.
8. Speak less, and you will have fewer troubles; speak more, and you will have more problems.
9. The best relationships are not about gifts or treating; they should follow the “Mere Exposure Effect.”
10. Forget about networking; the essence of socializing is value exchange.
11. No matter whose family has an event, as long as you haven't been informed, act as if you don't know, and don't ask about it afterward.
12. When toasting others at the table, your glass must be lower than the other person's.
13. If nothing is happening, don’t test people's hearts.
14. If you are late to a gathering, just apologize without explaining, and first punish yourself with three drinks!
15. In crowded places, say less.
16. When someone helps you, providing substantial compensation is much better than just saying “thank you.”
17. Don't share your troubles with others.
18. When dishes are served at the table, make sure to pass them to the leader first.
19. Don't boast about having many descendants.
20. No matter how good a friend's wife is, do not mention her!
21. If you are poor, do not visit relatives; it will only make you feel colder.
22. If you need a friend's wife to help with something, make sure to get your friend's consent first.
23. If the water is too deep and the wind is too strong, say less if you lack strength.
24. No staying overnight at seventy, no meals at eighty, no sitting at ninety.
25. If a man is not doing well, visit the mother-in-law's house less.
26. A design worth 50 yuan, no matter how beautiful, is not as attractive as one worth 100 yuan.
27. Do not share your financial situation with anyone.