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[quote=Anonymous]I don't live in DC anymore so feel safe posting on DCUM.
We have sort of a standing every-other-month dinner out with our neighbors, who are older and really cherish it. They are very nice people, they dog sit for us, are nice to our kids. But I somehow need to get out of this pattern of eating out with them because it's so awkward.
The husband loves food and considers himself a big foodie, which is fine except he insists on touring the kitchen wherever we go, even if it is super busy. He will disappear and stand in the entryway to the kitchen and try to talk to the line cooks, ask for the head chef, etc, seemingly oblivious to how busy it is. Then the substitutions. Let's say he orders scallops and linguine in a white wine sauce. He will then ask for it except with fusilli, with a dash of lemon butter, and could they also throw on some sundried tomatoes? And could they also cook the scallops until brown on both sides? Etc.
Without fail he will send the dish back at least once because they forgot some preposterous element of his self-created dish. Then he begins asking to sample everyone else's plate and commenting annoyingly on the flavor profiles as his wife beams! 
Then he insists on paying, which is so gracious, but leaves such a measly tip all the time ... cue the Friends episode where Ross tries to tip and the dad gets mad. It is so awkward!!
I am not sure how we can decline their dinner invites in perpetuity but it's really awkward and odd. They're normal in other arenas![/quote]

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