Margaret Suran wrote:
>
> There was no apology from the invited couple. No "thank you" from the
> uninvited couple. We never invited either couple again, but I feel to
> this day, that there should have been something I could have done.

There was, and you did it. You were a gracious host and should be
commended - for that and for learning the lesson of not inviting them
again.

>
> How would you have handled this?

Probably not as well as you did...but I tend to host buffet-style
unless it is just us and another couple, and even then I usually make
enough food for 10...

-L.