On Dec 6, 8:21*pm, "Debbie" > wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> > maxine in ri wrote:
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> >> If I had been the hostess, I probably would have told her, as the
> >> guests who were assigned those courses arrived, that while her
> >> offerings were lovely, it would be kind of her to let the other people
> >> share theirs rather than have the other guests shoved aside for her
> >> ego.
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> >> What would _you_ have done?
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> >> fuming in ri
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> > I can appreciate the anger. We were invited to a party last summer and I
> > asked what we could bring. The hostess suggested that I bring some cheeses
> > from our local cheese shop. that is easy enough, but the cheese sold there
> > is very expensive. I got a piece of each of four different cheeses....
> > $45. *I didn't mind the expense so much as the fact that when we showed up
> > there was no room on the table because other people had brought dishes.
> > the cheese never got served.
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> > The hostess offered it to me to take home, I split it with her. The next
> > time I will just get one or two pieces.
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> I had someone offer to make a dessert if I purchased the ingredients as it
> included an ingredient I was allergic to. *I did so and took them all over
> to her. *She lived across the street. *The night of the dinner, she "forgot"
> the dessert and forgot to return the leftovers of the ingredients. *I never
> allowed another person to contribute to a meal.
>
> Debbie

Now _that's_ chutzpah!

maxine in ri