I was invited to a Memorial Day party, but.........

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The invitation says "We will supply the hamburgers, hotdogs, lemonade, water and beer. Please bring plates and cutlery for your family and a side dish to share."

Has anyone heard of such an invitation? Are paper goods and cutlery that expensive? Also if I'd go, should I bring cups? :confused:
 
big daddy said:
The invitation says "We will supply the hamburgers, hotdogs, lemonade, water and beer. Please bring plates and cutlery for your family and a side dish to share."

Has anyone heard of such an invitation? Are paper goods and cutlery that expensive? :confused:
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do what i do , steal them from a garbage dump and wash them up a bit. Works fine.


Did the party say to bring your own women , and if not may i have the address.
 
I haven't ever heard of someone asking to bring your own paper goods. They already seem to be supplying the expensive stuff. They could have said BYOB and that would have been something I've seen before. If you go, take your own cups...I'm not sure they'll have them.
 
dehawk said:
do what i do , steal them from a garbage dump and wash them up a bit. Works fine.


Did the party say to bring your own women , and if not may i have the address.
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I don't see any paper goods.
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Surprisingly there was no mention of women in the invitation. If I will be at least two states away that day, I will forward the address. ;)
 
wingding said:
I haven't ever heard of someone asking to bring your own paper goods. They already seem to be supplying the expensive stuff. They could have said BYOB and that would have been something I've seen before. If you go, take your own cups...I'm not sure they'll have them.
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I agree. I've seen invitations say bring what you drink or bring a dessert or appetizer, but never cutlery.

Too bad I might be away this weekend. It'd be interesting to see the variety of plates and cutlery.:tongue:
 
He he , well atleast preco and clubby can get the cups.
 
BD, if that ringtailed rodent is going, I'm not.:28: You know how 'those' parties turn out......
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When we do our family reunions... the person hosting the party does the beverages & cups, meat and buns. Everyone brings a dish to pass and their own eating utensils. It's just one less thing to have to worry about when you're having over 100 people over...

When I hosted it, I did have extra plates, napkins & utensils because you know there will always be people that don't actually read the invitation.
 
tigger_too_wooh said:
When we do our family reunions... the person hosting the party does the beverages & cups, meat and buns. Everyone brings a dish to pass and their own eating utensils. It's just one less thing to have to worry about when you're having over 100 people over...

When I hosted it, I did have extra plates, napkins & utensils because you know there will always be people that don't actually read the invitation.
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:hmm: I don't believe my neighbor will be having a hundred people over, but you never know. At least I now know the request isn't totally unusual.
 
I just think it's odd...why provide the food if you aren't providing something for them to eat off of? You plan to provide cups for them to drink out of, but no plates to put their food on.

Also, if its a "bring a side to share", I can see having some extra "serving" silverware for the few who forgot, but the actual plates/napkins/cups/eating utensils should be provided by the host in my opinion.

I wonder what Miss Manners would say about this?!?!?
 
I don't think it's odd. Our church picnics are set up like this. They provide the main food and families are asked to bring a side, dessert and plates/cutlery/napkins. It's not a big deal to provide your own stuff to eat with. Be happy you're going to a party and have lots of FUN. :D
 
I don't think it's odd either. I've been invited to parties with BYOC requests (bring your own chairs)
 
I've been to a few parties where we've had to bring our own plates and utensils. Sometimes we forget and someone else has a big stack full that we can borrow.
 
Faerieglamour said:
I don't think it's odd. Our church picnics are set up like this. They provide the main food and families are asked to bring a side, dessert and plates/cutlery/napkins. It's not a big deal to provide your own stuff to eat with. Be happy you're going to a party and have lots of FUN. :D
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I think Church picnics are a little bit different from someone inviting you to their home for a party they are hosting. I've been to neighborhood parties where everyone brings something to share, but imo, hosting a party at your home gives you the responsibility of providing for your guests. If you are concerned about money, then invite less people. I just believe that you do everything you can to make your guests feel at home without having set requirements for them to come over. (Yes, I know they can refuse the invitation, but that's not the point.) I just think asking someone to bring plates, etc, to a party that is being hosted at someone's home is pushing the envelope.
 
Could it be that the hosts are running low on silverware and are counting on the guests forgetting to take theirs back home?

Hey, I'm going to try that too, and specify that no plastic utensils are allowed on the grounds.
 
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