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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.

I haven't responded to her "why" reply yet. She's used to me sometimes forgetting to respond, so I may just leave it at that.

I don't even think she realizes this is tacky because they do similar stuff all the time. Whenever they (or their family) have a gathering, you have to bring a dish. I don't mind doing this, but that's not the way my family operates. When we host, we provide everything and this family comes and does not bring *anything* to contribute. So I find it tacky that when they host they always want you to pitch in.

They actually did something similar once before. They had seafood and asked if we wanted any, told us to have some, etc. A couple of hours later, my friend announces "Alright, we didn't have as many people eating as we thought, so the cost is gonna be $30". DH and I had NO idea that we had to "put in" for the seafood!! We should have been told this when they invited us to join in with the seafood eating. Not to mention, my husband is not a big seafood eater, so he didn't have much and ate some just to be polite. I paid because I didn't want to cause a scene, but I was pissed.

I guess I should be grateful she's warned us ahead of time about the donation, but instead I'm just really turned off. I'm tempted to respond that I don't make cash donations towards a party I'm not hosting. [/quote]

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