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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, except that the PP had mentioned that she was Indian as well, and very familiar with how such events usually happen.  The hosts just sounded rude.[/quote]

The Indian-ness of that PP baffles me.  She should know that serving food late is customary.  If I was posting about a party with rude Indian hosts, I would have said, "I know that at Indian parties food is usually served later, but...." That story just sounds made up to me.
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I'm the poster of that story - not made up but think what you want. I'm Indian with a fully Indian family and things are never THAT late so maybe we're just weird. I realize that dinner at an Indian party isn't at 6 pm but my family doesn't keep guests strarving until 10 pm so that they give up on dinner and hit the fast food places. It's all about hospitality - if you have enough heavy, hot snack food from 6 pm onwards, it's understandable if dinner is at 9-10 pm bc you know no one is starving. A mini samosa and dry snack mix isn't going to tide people over for 4 hrs regardless of how much they're attuned to culture. I find that while lots of Indians may prefer a very late meal, at parties they start serving earlier to accommodate kids, older people etc. Maybe I hang out with weird people and these other Indians are normal but it strikes me as inconsiderate to starve your guests and then blame the whole culture.[/quote]

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