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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YES! I love hosting big dinners and never clean them up. Guests do it.[/quote]

I should say I plan, cook, serve...but don't clean.[/quote]

Why don’t you help clean too? That’s so strange to me. I would rather the host didn’t have me over if I was expected to do the cleaning while they sit around[/quote]

You expect to be served a fully holiday meal while contributing nothing? In my family and close friend groups, we help. [/quote][/quote]

No I help the host so that’s why I would be turned off if he/she did nothing to help cleanup. If it’s too much for you, then don’t invite people over to your home for a meal[/quote]

Um, good guests don’t help because “it’s too much for the host,” they help because being entertained in someone’s home is different from dining in a restaurant, and staying under a friend’s roof is different from staying in a hotel. I’ve been the guest of a university president, just the family, and I helped clear the table, and also helped to bring in coffee. I’m surprised that anyone would think sitting around like a bump on a log is the norm. I’m so embarrassed for you.[/quote]

Sorry you misunderstood what I was trying to say. I don’t help because it’s too much for the host, I help to be courteous and a good friend/ guest. I would be really annoyed though if the host just sat around like a ‘bump on a log’ as that PP is doing, thinking she doesn’t have to lift a finger to help clean up since she did the cooking and grocery shopping herself

If it’s too much for her (or him) to handle contributing to cleaning up after her own party, then perhaps she shouldn’t have a party in the first place.

Get it, now?[/quote]

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