You're at the dinner table. You have a cold...?

To blow your nose -- yes. To wipe your nose, not necessarily.

If your nose is absolutely crazy runny, most folks will forgive you if you keep a tissue close. Just don't touch anyone else's food or utensils, and get up a couple times to blow your nose and wash your hands. And... don't actually BLOW your nose while sitting at the table.

Colds suck. Having a runny nose that just won't stop is a decent enough excuse to wipe it with a tissue at the dinner table. Take a good decongestant and keep a few tissues in your pocket at the dinner table. Hope for the best. :-)

yes you must get up from the table ,if you are alone or in someone's else company ..... in a restaurant especially

if your cold is making you have a runny nose ? you must decline a dinner invitation , for it is rude for others to hear the noise, of you blowing your nose , and not very appetizing either .....and spreading the germs of a cold to others ........

If you have to leave the table more than once to blow your nose, you should do everyone a favor stay home.

Gosh! If you are at home, definitely go into a different room of the house to blow or wipe. If my nose was running constantly and we had dinner plans, I'd cancel!! It's just nasty to sit at a table with food and wipe or blow your nose.

Yes, unless you live alone or are totally alone in a restaurant area. It is uncouth to blow your nose when and where anyone else is eating. I detest that. Have some manners.........

I do not go to the dinner table with a cold. That's manners.

I wouldn't leave the table if I could do it quietly. If it had to be a real honker, then I'd consider leaving the table, especially if digging is involved.

Yes, you are suppose to leave the table, that is rude and nasty to do it at the table, no matter where you are.

Yes..you leave the table no matter where you are.

You decline going to a restaurant till you are better!! Why spread that crap around ! *smack*