re: Is it acceptable to invite someone to a party you are not hosting?

To me, that is a social faux pas to do something like that.

It is not your wife's party so she has no business inviting others to this party without calling the hosts to see if it's OK with them.


And like already mentioned, the host will probably say OK but will probably not be happy about you doing that. That's a tacky move at best.


I had this happen to me one year when I threw my annual Thanksgiving Day party where I invite between 20 and 25 people to my house and supply all the food and drinks.

One year an adult niece called and said she was in town and had no place to go and asked if it would be OK for her and her husband and 2 kids to show up. I wasn't happy, but said ok. Well, before the day was done her entourage had grown to 9 people when her adult daughter tracked her down and showed up with her guy and a couple other friends.

That was the straw that broke the camel's back and she's not been invited back to my house since.

She should ask the host if they're okay with it. It isn't difficult at all.

quote:

---

I wouldn't care as a host but I'd never assume most people would feel the same.

---

If we're inviting people into our home, I'm generally going to know them pretty well, and I would have at least heard about the wife's best friend even if I had never met her. As a hostess, I would be completely understanding that the other couple didn't have plans for the game. The more the merrier, right?

It's a dang super bowl party, not a wedding reception (huge difference). It's always fun to break bread with new people, and my friends would never walk in the house empty handed anyway. Zero reason to worry about food and drinks.

That being said, I'm extroverted and can hang with anyone. Wouldn't bother me if someone asked...however, I would only ask the same personally if I knew the hosts very well.

It really depends on the size of the party and how many people are invited. Is it close friends and family? Or ton of acquaintances (the more the merrier) situation?


If it’s fairly small party….

If I’m the host, I’m really not excited about people I don’t know showing up to my house.


And on the flip side, if I’m the unknown guest, I don’t want to show up to someone’s house I don’t know or ever met.

This whole situation is a ‘No’ for me.

You in the right. Leave your dogs home too.

You are correct.

While it’s less egregious at a potluck or predominantly appetizer gathering, I’ve had people do this for a sit-down dinner party and it sucked.

NEVER