A Toast!

If a loved one or co-worker raises a glass in your honor, break the instinct of joining in on the toast.

Since you’re being fêted, etiquette experts would perceive lifting your glass as a vain gesture, like giving applause to your own performance.

Instead, practice the role of grateful recipient: Rrefrain from touching your glass and punctuate the toast with a “thank you”.

That one is quite obvious, really, but the next one is not.

Another common toast faux pas is clinking glasses to make the good tidings official. Knocking drinks with a tableful of people can require awkward stretching, causing spills or even broken glassware. A more dignified solution? Just hold those glasses aloft.  

Here’s to a wonderful weekend!