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re: Dinner Host Asking for Money when you are Leaving
Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:10 am to Skippy1013
Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:10 am to Skippy1013
That's why I bring a big bowl of White Rice and Butter to any dinner invitation. That way I don't feel guilty when I refuse the request to leave $30 on the table when we depart.
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Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:13 am to Skippy1013
Seems like a lack of communication. For our Christmas/Thanksgiving gatherings, everyone brings a dish and its all talked about beforehand.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:49 am to Skippy1013
Thats like inviting someone to an expensive restaurant on your birthday, and expecting them to take the check.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:52 am to White Bear
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Reminds me of the batchelor cook outs where I’ve been asked to bring my own steak, potatoe, beer etc.
We have a guy friend who brings a fricking Ziplock of chicken breasts or whatever when we have BBQs. I'm always like "Dude, you don't have to bring your own chicken"
Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:56 am to bakersman
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I’ve done that with crawfish boils at the beginning of the season when it’s $90+ a sack. I wouldn’t think of doing it for thanksgiving
This is my one exception. We boil a sack or 2 every weekend during crawfish season, so we usually text the neighbors/friends to see if they are in the mood for crawfish. And we all contribute. This is because most of us would be going get takeout crawfish anyway, so just doing it at home saves all of us money.
But we also host an annual crawfish boil that is much larger and we don't ask for money at that.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:58 am to Skippy1013
For me, Thanksgiving is something that my mom taught me to never show up empty-handed for. Either you bring some type of side dish, desert, or just straight up cash to help out whoever was the main host. Even in my case for years as a broke college student, you could count on me to go to dollar tree to get some silverware and napkins .
Idk if that is customary for everyone else, but that's just how I was raised. Id have absolutely no issue if they asked me to bring/pitch in something ahead of time. I'm used to that, but if they sprung that up on me after the fact at dinner, they may never receive that money.
SN: My biggest pet peeves regarding Thanksgiving. People who don't bring a single dish or supply anything for the meal, but they are the first to make a to-go plate. And to up that trashy level, on my in-law side, there's a family who the only thing they will bring to Thanksgiving or any other family event is tupperware containers to take home as much food as possible. Nobody says anything, but secretly I despise them.
. Idk if that is customary for everyone else, but that's just how I was raised. Id have absolutely no issue if they asked me to bring/pitch in something ahead of time. I'm used to that, but if they sprung that up on me after the fact at dinner, they may never receive that money.
SN: My biggest pet peeves regarding Thanksgiving. People who don't bring a single dish or supply anything for the meal, but they are the first to make a to-go plate. And to up that trashy level, on my in-law side, there's a family who the only thing they will bring to Thanksgiving or any other family event is tupperware containers to take home as much food as possible. Nobody says anything, but secretly I despise them.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 10:59 am to Skippy1013
should have walked back into the dining room and barfed on the table, and then given him 20 bucks
Posted on 12/10/20 at 11:01 am to Champagne
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That's why I bring a big bowl of White Rice and Butter to any dinner invitation. That way I don't feel guilty when I refuse the request to leave $30 on the table when we depart.
I'm more of a bring 3 bottles of wine and drink them all myself kind of guy, but I feel you.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 11:09 am to Skippy1013
I have NEVER had this happen and would be fricking floored.
I have had parents/parents in law offer $$$ to pay me when I cook Christmas dinner, but I always refuse.
I have had parents/parents in law offer $$$ to pay me when I cook Christmas dinner, but I always refuse.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 11:19 am to go ta hell ole miss
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Time to ask him to chip in on gas money since you had to drive to his house.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 11:22 am to Skippy1013
I’d never go back.
And when asked I would tell them why.
You either offer to cook it all or you ask people to bring dishes and you handle the bird and whatever other meat.
My dad and uncles would not have come to blows, but things would have got heated if someone offered money. “I invited you here I don’t expect $$$!”
“But I worked overtime this month.”
“Nah man put it in your pocket. I’m not taking it. “
Something along those lines. Polar opposite.
And when asked I would tell them why.
You either offer to cook it all or you ask people to bring dishes and you handle the bird and whatever other meat.
My dad and uncles would not have come to blows, but things would have got heated if someone offered money. “I invited you here I don’t expect $$$!”
“But I worked overtime this month.”
“Nah man put it in your pocket. I’m not taking it. “
Something along those lines. Polar opposite.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 11:33 am to Skippy1013
Tacky
Posted on 12/10/20 at 12:10 pm to Skippy1013
I don't have a problem with it generally, but it should have been brought up before.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 12:12 pm to go ta hell ole miss
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Time to ask him to chip in on gas money since you had to drive to his house.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 12:24 pm to Skippy1013
Three types of people I hate more than anything:
1. Politicians
2. Hypocrites
3. Cheap Skates
1. Politicians
2. Hypocrites
3. Cheap Skates
Posted on 12/10/20 at 12:32 pm to BlackAdam
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Thats like inviting someone to an expensive restaurant on your birthday, and expecting them to take the check
This. At the point I'm asked to "pitch in" for a meal, that person stops becoming a friend/family member and becomes a business.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 12:32 pm to Skippy1013
I always say that REAL family and friends don't keep score. Its your responsibility to make sure that the score doesn't get out of whack though.
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