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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way.

Have people bring a dish and byob.[/quote]

Even that is ... not classy. If you're just providing the house then be very clear about that. I am not attending potlucks or paying to attend any parties. [/quote]
What’s up with the antagonism towards potlucks or bringing a dish? This seems like a new very faux-bougie classist or antisocial  millenial-coded thing.[/quote]

For family or close friends, asking people to bring a dish or dessert etc is perfectly fine. My Great Aunt/Uncle do things this way- they are elderly and enjoy hosting -happy to provide the space and main dish but appreciate help with the rest. They ask the rest of us to bring sides and dessert etc. It is fine. When we have close friends over for a casual meal they often offer to bring an app or dessert and I accept. Why not? Acquaintances are different, but for close friends and family it’s fine. [/quote]
They aren’t really ‘hosting’ then… they just don’t want to deal with traveling to someone else’s home.[/quote]
But they are doing the all the other work of actual hosting—making room to sit and place dishes, greeting and facilitating guests, providing silverware and plates, cleaning up after everyone trashes their home, and so on. [/quote]

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