I think that you are right in that it might be a good idea not to have sex on the first night, perhaps after dinner they should talk in the lounge for a while, and then if the girls go off to bed and the boys play billiards.  Elina and I also discussed the girls then deciding to have some time together in one of the bedrooms too.<br/><br/>At dinner I think it would be good to try and throw as much into mixing them up as possible and have no-one at the head or foot of the table. So I propose the name cards will read like this:<br/><br/><br/>Bo              Mari              Vince<br/>______________________________<br/>l                                                 l<br/>l                                                 l<br/>l______________________________ l<br/><br/>Mila              Marcus            Nicci<br/><br/><br/>Shout up if you disagree<br/><br/>In the morning breakfast will be at 8am (Angus will tell them that)  also in the dining room<br/><br/>But with the actual story I would like for breakfast and lunch to be in the kitchen - informal etc (which gives a lot more freedom for the characters) and for only dinner to be at the table in the dining room unless arranged differently.   I thought it would have to be a decision made by the boys so I what I was going to ask was if, after their full breakfast in the dining room the boys are so stuffed they tell the girls they will just have a snack/sandwich at lunch time in the kitchen. Whether that is all together or not they enjoy the domestic setting and decide among themselves that the kitchen would be better for breakfast and lunch.<br/><br/>It could also be that even the evening meal was in the kitchen and only celebration meals were in the dining room - that is entirely up to you guys - what do you think?  And Is it OK to engineer it that way?<br/><br/>The first real intimacy, I am happy for it to  have it together, how far it goes from soft swing to complete we should discuss and get everyones views.  Perhaps to make it less intimidating and 'planned' it could happen in the media room - they all go into watch a movie or a TV programme - I chose the seating to naturally bring them together as couples - ( rather than cinema chairs) and it is very playroom style in effect too.  The other option would be the pool - which could either begin with skinny dippiing and therefore reduce inhibitions etc - or a more restrained bikinis and trunk affair! the disadvantage there is it that it is not so connected and comfortable to sustain it - although it could always start in the hot tub/jacuzzi and then graduate to the main shared bedroom - which has the advantage they might end up sleeping together in the same room. Time for eveyone to speak up!<br/><br/>I agree time is something to keep an eye on - I think we need to play a bit more before we get a feel for the game times versus real time ratio, I think with such a small group and good ooc communication we can work it out  - the only time it gets difficult is when we fracture off - and then we will have to keep everyone informed as we go - if we keep it fluid to begin with and everyone works at making it cohesive we can see how we go.<br/><br/><br/>I would estimate we are just over  half way through our time in the hall - so after some more exchanges eventually Angus will call dinner. Does that sound about right?