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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That you are supposed to give a hostess gift when you go to someone's house. I grew up middle class, and the only people we ever entertained were lower middle class family.

I learned this in college. Extremely embarrassing. [/quote]

I'm fifty and just learned this right now. None of my middle class / lower middle class family and friends did this [/quote]

Isn’t this just done when one is hosting a party?[/quote]

No.  When someone invites us over, we take a bottle of wine, a six pack of beer, some cookies, whatever.  My DD has a friend who brings over a snack every time they have a playdate, I think it's great of her parents to teach her such good manners at an early age, we've started doing it too - either a snack or a craft.

I grew up solidly middle class and our family friends were of a varied socioeconomic group, this was always the case.  I grew up in the midwest, so perhaps that's why. In my opinion, people are more polite, generous, and mindful of others in the Midwest.[/quote]
That’s fine. The idea is that one should not go empty-handed. Either Hostess gift OR party gift/ contribution like what you bring is fine.[/quote]

I’m from a New England family and I grew up that if you go to someone’s house for a party, you bring something but not every damn time you go to their house. My DH’s middle class Midwest relatives are always giving us and our kids gifts and while nice, is completely unnecessary and usually crap we don’t need.[/quote]

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