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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Home. I love seeing what people cook, relaxing over a cocktail, etc. Restaurants are kind of loud and boring.[/quote]

Since you said relaxing over a cocktail makes the night more enjoyable, how do you feel if the hosts don’t have alcohol in the house and only offer tea, sparkling water, lemonade, etc?[/quote]

I’ll be honest, I don’t love it. I never drink sugary drinks like lemonade with dinner. Tea, maybe if they’re making Asian food. I’ve never gotten into sparkling water, would as soon have tap, but it doesn’t seem very exciting.[/quote]

Agree. I don't happen to know anyone who wouldn't serve alcohol in their home even if they themselves don't drink it, and I can honestly say this has never happened to me. I think people so extreme that they don't even have any alcohol at home probably socialize with other people who feel the same. [/quote]

This is helpful. We are Muslim and don’t keep alcohol in the home. Where we live there are very few who share our religion thus we have a very diverse friend group. Many actually don’t know we are Muslim as we don’t broadcast it. Would you prefer to know prior to coming over so you could turn down an invitation? We are just not starting to invite new families over but would hate to ostracize ourselves as poor hosts due to our beliefs. [/quote]

The responses you are getting are so interesting.   We wouldn’t mind if you didn’t serve alcohol and we wouldn’t need a heads-up.  We collect wine and would probably bring you an expensive bottle as a gift if we didn’t know the situation.  I assume at some point in the evening we would all figure out the situation and hopefully laugh it off.  And then we would know to bring you something different next time![/quote]

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