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Etiquette was invented to make it easier for people to socialize and make everyone comfortable with each other.

The people who blindly follow a set of "rules", to the detriment of their comfort or that of their guests, misunderstanding why etiquette was invented in the first place.

It is much better to figure out a happy, stress-free medium between what you're prepared to do, as a guest or a host, and what your host or your guests prefer, than to insist everyone follow a rigid and antiquated rule.

The solution is to err on the side of more courtesy when you are the guest, and the side of more flexibility if you are the host.

If you absolutely need something (a dish for food allergies, or help with a potluck), then you need to communicate clearly with the people involved. But if you expected gifts and don't get as many as you wanted, or you are not happy with a store-bought dish and wanted everyone to prepared something home-made... YOU are the one with inappropriate expectations.

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