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[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]

I grew up in Michigan, rural and working class (blue collar and agricultural).  This is not a thing, unless there’s a new baby, someone is sick/dying/dead, a party or a holiday (with or without a party).[/quote]

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