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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't seem strange to me to ask for help with food for the party.  Like PPs said, just grab something at the store on the way there.  Unless they asked for your special, takes a whole day to make, signature dish, I wouldn't sweat it.

On the other hand, my husband's family decided to throw my MIL a surprise birthday party and to have it at my house, without bothering to ask either my husband or me.  They already made reservations at hotels and had planned everything before bothering to inform us that we would be hosting.  I definitely asked them to bring food for that one being that I had not planned on hosting 20 people in my pretty small house.  The family also specifically requested I make a cake myself, one that is particularly difficult.  I probably would have made it myself anyway but after having hosting duties foisted on me, along with getting enough silverware, plates, drinks, appetizers, napkins, etc., etc., it was kind of annoying to have more piled on (and the request was made the day before the party).  In the end, it was a nice time and MIL had fun.  I never told her about the circumstances of the party and never will - don't want to diminish her memories of the party as just all fun.  [/quote]

Omg that is crazy. Do you have a particularly large home?[/quote]

PP here.  No, my house is not big (it's around 1700 square feet, so it's tight).  They picked it because DC is kind of in the middle of where all of the far-flung relatives live.  It just would have been nice to be involved in the conversation - perhaps we could have held it at a restaurant or something nicer than my little house.[/quote]

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