b. when the hostess begins eating.  You should always wait for the host or hostess to begin before eating.  The exception is when the hostess says to start because the food will get cold.

2. When dining out, is it ok to ask your dining partner for a taste of their entree?

    b. no - you should keep your fork on your plate.  Reserve this practice for home, when no one is looking.

3. When two colleagues - one a man, the other a woman, reach a door, the woman waits for the man to
    open it.

    b. whoever gets to the door first, opens it.

4. When a man and a woman are walking on the street, the man walks on the outside - closer to the street.

    b. no - this practice started when there were horses and buggies on the street, so that the woman would stay clean from the spray of mud.  This practice is no longer practical and hardly observed anymore.

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