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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm perplexed as to why you don't seem to understand why these people would want to visit you.  You say you are from overseas, yet you seem to have very little understanding of how your culture works?  I don't know if I come from the same culture as you, but I can completely understand how someone would propose having several people from my hometown come to visit me in the US, even if I didn't know them.  In many communities, you are considered an extension of your family or clan, so it would be completely logical for them to want to see you if they happened to be close by visiting.

I can understand that you would not want the burden of hosting these people for a dinner, but you need to see it from their perspective - you are one of their own and they want to see you, as an extension of who THEY are in this place so far away from home.  You already agreed.  Suck it up, be a good host, and send them on their way.  It's one night, you will survive. [/quote]

I understand your point but to me it is very awkward. I've lived here a long time now, and the only connection is my dad and that I grew up in their town. I don't have a personal connection and have never met them. It makes me feel a bit like an animal in a zoo tbh, and like there will be judging going on.[/quote]

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