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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never happened to me. Maybe I don't get invited to enough events. LOL.

"I’m standing up for all guests who are tired of this trend. Call it my #guestsdontpay protest."

From Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2018/01/30/stop-charging-me-to-attend-your-celebrations-guestsdontpay/[/quote]

New couple in the neighborhood was making friends (Bethesda) and invited a bunch of people to his wife's birthday party. At the end of the evening we got an email, "You can drop the $250 check off to me at drop-off or just stick in in my mailbox." I had no idea what he was talking about. Turns out that nobody else did, either. How socially awkward not to tell people up front that they're participating in a guest-pay dinner AFTER the fact. We didn't pay. We dropped him.[/quote]

PP, what kind of event cost $250 per couple?  Did you go to a fancy restaurant?  What did the followup email from the guy say? [/quote]

It was a very expensive restaurant that brought prepared dishes to the table, so no menu ordering. They served large platters of seafood, pasta, salad, meat, and bottles of wine with dinner, then platters of dessert after with coffee. As expensive as the restaurant is, there is no way the bill would be $250 per couple. We had a glass of wine each and pasta. Didn't touch the meat or seafood, nor the dessert and coffee. Anyway, the follow up note said, "We wanted to do something fabulous for Jessica's 40th and assumed everyone would want to pitch in. It's not required. Most of the guests asked to pitch in, so we're sending out a friend-wide email letting them know their share."

HOLY WHAT???[/quote]

What jerks.  They probably didn't like the big bill they received since they didn't do the proper research.   Tried to recoup their loss, and guaranteed no one paid![/quote]

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