"Margaret Suran" > wrote

> Well, I did mind. The table was set for eight. There was barely enough
> room for that many. There was no extra chopped liver, I had made it from
> the duck livers and there was just enough for eight portions. I had only
> the eight pieces of duckling, each just enough for one person, not enough
> for more. If everything had not been on plates, I might have been able to
> manage, but there was nothing I could do or say.
>
> We crammed two more chairs and settings around and on the table. Erich and
> I gave our dinners to the uninvited guests.

This is where there is no room for understanding. How on earth
could they not notice that you wound up not having the same dinner
as everyone else. You could not miss that if you showed up that way.
You would have to think, we are extras, or, we invited extras, I hope
there is enough food. This was not a buffet.

> There was enough soup. There was enough dessert. While the rest played
> Bridge after dinner, Erich and I cleaned up, washed dishes and scrounged
> for more food for ourselves.

And they even played bridge in your place. I'm getting annoyed
just thinking about it. Bridge. If you play, you know it is tables of 4.

> 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.
>
> How would you have handled this?

You are such a kind person, I bet they really did think you wouldn't mind
if they walked all over you. I'm just happy you cut them off your invite
list.

nancy