DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been having an ongoing "discussion" during the four years of our marriage. The disagreement involves who precedes whom when locating a place to sit upon entering a restaurant when a host/hostess doesn't seat you.
I am 49 years old and have always been preceded by my escort down the church aisle to locate a seat. He then steps back and lets me enter the pew first. The situation has always been similarly handled in eating establishments.
My husband believes that the woman always precedes the man in any situation. Who's right? -- JEANNIE ROBERTS, WILDERSVILLE, TENN.
DEAR JEANNIE: Your husband. According to Emily Post and Letitia Baldrige, the woman precedes the man in both situations.
In a restaurant, the lady precedes the man to the table and seats herself, or waits for her escort to pull her chair out for her.
In church, she sits in the selected pew, then slides over for her mate or escort.