I’m an elitist only when it comes to things that aren’t all that important (Jonas Brothers? Come on.) And to prove to some people, who know who they are, that I’m actually not [that big of] a jerk, please see the following list:

10. You build a stronger connection with someone when there isn’t an obstacle between you. (This goes for patients and their health care providers as well. The best performance is found across the corner of a table rather than no obstacle at all.)
9. It creates more natural opportunities to make (and receive!) physical contact. Don’t be perverted; I’m talking about those touches of the arm and holding hands (You know, the kind I see on TV.)
8. You can share the same view, be it the busy street outside the window or the game on the TV suspended in the corner.
7. It’s dinner, not a face-off. Adversaries face each other. Companions walk side-by-side.
6. Double date situations.
5. There’s no awkward discussion after a failed game of footsies. (“Oh, I thought that was the table leg.”)
4. You should have gone out with someone better looking.
3. If your date is about to pull a piece to pop a cap in yo’ ass, you see it coming. (Welcome to Gang-couver!)
2. You are sharing a dish and you use your elbows to box her out this way = More food!
And the number one reason you should sit on the same side of the table as your date:
1. You are dating your Siamese Twin.

(Yes. I ran out of actual reasons about halfway through.)