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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]One should not feel the need to attend if you do not want to contribute[/quote]

Are you politely saying not to come? I just wasn't sure.

Not wanting to contribute but contributing anyway is different from not contributing.[/quote]

No, I am saying "Potluck" means that you will contribute food to the communal meal. But unlike a dinner - there is no obligation to attend either. You can decline invitation to an event if it is a potluck, without committing a social faux pas - after all your attendance and contribution goes hand in hand.  On the other hand, [b]a dinner cannot be turned down without a good reason (prior commitment, ill-heath, unavailability etc)[/b] - because you are not really contributing to the party (you are probably only getting a hostess gift) and other guests are not partaking of what you have brought to the party.[/quote]

Really?

A dinner or a potluck can be turned down for any reason at all. Like this:

Host: Would you like to come to dinner/potluck on Day, at Time?
You: Oh, I'm so sorry, I can't, I already have plans for then.

Even if your plans consist of staying home being grateful that you're not at that dinner/potluck.[/quote]

Well,  if you have no problems saying "no" then you are not the person who does not want to contribute to the potluck but is forced to contribute to it. Right?[/quote]

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