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Everyone should know how much to tip in common situations. Here are some basic tipping rules:

Restaurant server
20% is standard for good service. 15% for adequate. Even if the service is horrible, don't stiff them—many tips are split between busboys and bartenders, etc. And, drinks should always be included in your table's total. 

Bartender
It depends on the bar, but usually the adage "a buck a beer" will work. If you're ordering pricey cocktails, $2 per drink will ensure that you'll be served promptly again. 

Pizza delivery
Tip 10% of total bill (unless there's a delivery charge, then no tip is required). 

Hair stylist
15% of the total bill is standard. 

Hotel housekeeping
$2 to $10 a night, depending on the price of the room and how messy you leave it.

Bellhop/Skycap
$2 for each bag brought up to your room or held in storage.

Concierge
Asking for directions is on the house. Getting you great seats for the show or a booth at the restaurant in town? A ten-spot is in order.

Also, if you have an iPhone, there is an app for more tipping information.

For the last week or so, I have been conducting an informal poll with my male friends.

This is a great bit of information I found on Best Life.

I think it's great food for all ages!

Eating food is important to me. I think it should be a beautiful and graceful act.

Eating can actually be very sensual, and is pretty telling of a person's physical awareness.

I think a man should consider his decorum when enjoying a meal: cleanliness, noisiness and what the hands and mouth are doing.

Here are some refresher eating basics:

Wash your hands before you dine.
There are all sorts of health reasons for this ritual, but nothing is less sexy than seeing dirt under a man's fingernails. If you want those hands on me later, I want to see them clean BEFORE our meal. If your hands (and lips) are in great shape while I watch you dine, I'll be thinking about other things they can do besides feed you.

Use a napkin.
A napkin is picked up immediately after you sit down at a table and lays in your lap. If you excuse yourself from the table, your napkin is left on your seat, NOT on the table. When you're ready to leave, your napkin can be left to the side of your plate on the table - realize that no one wants to look at your dirty napkin after an amazing meal, so be sure this is your last action.

Chew quietly and with your mouth closed.
We've all been told from a young age that slurping, smacking and chomping our food illustrates poor manners. I never want to sit across from someone and think...you were raised by wolves. Ew. And talking with your mouth full of food is never polite. Ever.

Know how to use utensils.
Navigating your cutlery is important. At an everyday meal, know how to handle your fork, knife and spoon. At a fancy meal, know how to work the sophisticated place setting from the outside in, per course. Here is a simple diagram:

If you always practice these basics, everyone will enjoy eating with you.

Let's say you're on a first dinner date.

When it comes to paying the bill at a restaurant, there is a simple rule of thumb: the person who extended the invitation, pays for the meal.

If you do the inviting, expect to pay, and do so without hesitation.

If your date offers to help pay the bill (which is confusing sometimes), tell her, "Thanks for the nice gesture, but this my treat."

If she seems adamant, and you want to continue the evening, you can continue on by saying, "How about I let you take me someplace else for dessert or a drink."

If you want to see her for another date entirely, you can say, "You can get the next time." This reply also tells her you want to see her again.

The last man I lived with was amazing in many ways.

We decided to assign our chores. One of his chores was making the bed, because he always woke up after me.

One evening, I came home from work, went into the bedroom, and was surprised and delighted by how he made the bed. Nothing fancy, but he had arranged the four pillows in a particularly artful and purposeful way. It got my attention and it made my day.

From that day on, he continued to make his bed sculptures in the morning. They were always different, and I always felt like they were for me.

Consider stealing this idea. Or to make any of your other normally boring chores, a work of art.

I have a smart gift idea for all you smart men. Holidays, Valentine's Day, Birthday or just because.

Give your girlfriend or wife Pilates sessions. Why? Because you will have better sexy time with her. Why? Because of the muscle group that Pilates strengthens the most on a woman.

Pilates can be expensive, true. But it will be some of the best money you have ever spent. Trust me.

Speaking from experience, to see quicker results I recommend doing Pilates at least twice a week. A session lasts about an hour.

Here is a great short article on the subject. And here are some highlights:

...Pilates, has long been deemed the grand dame of flat abs, lean muscles, and a rock-solid core. It’s also fabulous for better sex. We’re talking you think you might pass out, 100% fully present, “why don’t I do this every day” type of sex. The mighty trifecta of a strong pelvic floor (better, stronger orgasms), flexibility (lots of fun positions), and abs of steel (stamina) equals good times in the bedroom. We’ve tested it out and tried it, and Pilates is pretty good stuff for that part of wellness often ignored: your sexual health.

...The pubococcygeus muscle, otherwise known as the PCG is nestled within the pelvis. It is responsible for practical moves such as stopping the flow of urine, but is better known to most people for being the orgasm muscle…strengthen that muscle through kegel exercises or Pilates and you’ll be able to tighten everything down there during sex, (for women), and control your movement (for men and women) in an intense way.

...Pilates exercises that will help you between the sheets (as well as give you that rocking Pilates bod, more confidence, and abs to die for):

• Inner thighs: Worked incessantly with sidekicks and magic circles yield a remarkable level of strength. Translation: makes wraparound legs a breeze!

• Quads: Pilates chicks work their thighs with no mercy on the reformer - using springs to build endurance and stamina! Translation: ride em' cowgirl!

• Pelvis: the "meat" of the method. Working out Pilates style gives you pelvic mobility and a stronger, shapelier rump. Translation: your arch and thrust action will be remembered long after the big "O".

• PCG Muscles: The inner workings of the magical Pilates method. Toning your pelvic floor means you can control what goes on inside, as well as out! Translation: you "know when to hold 'em!!" Clench control extraordinaire!

It's shocking to me how many people I know did NOT have sex education in grade/jr/high school.

The grade school I went to in Northern California started Sex Ed in 4th grade. I had it in 5th and 6th grade too. In the middle of 6th grade, I moved to another State, and I remember being amazed at the misinformation flying around. I became the go-to girl who didn't know HOW to do it yet, but knew the basics of what was involved. I learned at a young age that information is powerful.

I'm still nowhere near an expert in this field. But recently I had a good reason to polish up my knowledge in a particular area - what you can catch after unprotected or careless sexy time. I needed ammo for a conversation with a dear single male friend to reinforce why he needed to always use a condom with a new woman.

I don't mean to scare you, but this STD risk chart deserves more than a quick scan. I got it here.

In most cases, a woman needs to feel beautiful to feel sexy. It's one of the reasons we put effort into looking and feeling as good as we can.

Telling a woman "You look beautiful" is a lovely comment. But next time try complimenting her on something that is unique to her.

If you don't know her very well, compliment something like her freckles, her laugh or her hairstyle.

If you do know her better, and especially if you have known her for a while, compliment something only you know about - your favorite part of her body during sexy time, for example. Yeah, go there for a few minutes...wasn't that fun? Now tell her.

Women get intimacy from a man's words, and a personalized compliment assures her that you find her attractive, as opposed to every other woman in the room.