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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went out to lunch with a former coworker and former coworker asked if my spouse and I liked to socialize with other couples and then brought up Lunar New Year since my ethic background is Asian. Former coworker starts hyping up an ‘event’ by their church that was also going to celebrate Lunar New Year and promised to send details. I really thought this was going to be an actual event you just show up to. Turns out it’s a potluck that requires ‘Asian food’ and former coworker wants to know what dish I’d like to bring. I feel bamboozled since I feel like former coworker should have been upfront about it being potluck-style from the beginning and I’m only being asked because I fit the demographic they want. Spouse suggested that I explain I don’t do potlucks post-Covid but former coworker knows our office conducts potlucks all the time so I can’t use that excuse. I want to be honest and let former coworker know I don’t want to attend and contribute to a potluck where I only know ONE person and I honestly think it’s weird I was asked since I’m not a church goer either. Anyway, had to get this off my chest and wondered if anyone else thinks how former coworker went about this is tacky? [/quote]

The other thing about that is that if you belong to a group (church or other) that does potlucks you often learn to associate the food with the person, plus they are used to what items get a great response. Here they are asking you to contribute to a pot luck event that, like you said, are all strangers except for the one person. I know that what I bring to a potluck event is something people are going to enjoy and in the worst case are not going to find strange or whatever (the items I bring to events with one group would seem weird if I brought them to something with my relatives, who are all about cookie salads and ground beef casseroles, and I chose my contribution accordingly)[/quote]

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