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22-12-2016 08:41 #1
Charging a Fee for Christmas Lunch?
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22-12-2016 09:00 #2
I don't think I could ever do that. If I invite people over for a meal of any sort, I need to make sure I can cover said meal.
I could never charge a friend or family member for a meal at my place, nor would I expect to be charged at theirs.
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22-12-2016 09:03 #3
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22-12-2016 09:05 #4
My ex SIL used too! Thankfully I never had Xmas lunch with them but my MIL used to complain every year that she had to have to have the right money or SIL would get cranky! ( MIL was divorced and on a low income and they were not which made it even worse!)
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22-12-2016 09:12 #5
No way, could never charge anyone to come over for a meal. If it was a joint decision to have Christmas at ones house, I'd have no problem asking each person to bring something to contribute to the table although I've never asked of that before..
Completely unrelated to Christmas but I had a friend that rang one night, she was in the neighbourhood, wondering if she could pop over. She came over with a pizza and 6 pack of vodka. I had already had dinner and didn't drink. Once she left with her vodkas in tow she sent me a message to say she forgot to grab the money for my half of the pizza and alcohol WTF?
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22-12-2016 09:12 #6
People actually do this?! Normally we have Christmas at the ILs house and there's only 5 of us anyway. DH and I usually do dessert and pre-lunch snacks. This year will be the same. I can't wait until we have a place big enough to host a proper Christmas with other friends invited. Even if I had 20 ppl coming, I would never expect them to pay. I would just say to BYO alcohol and a plate to share.
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22-12-2016 09:18 #7
Hmmm... i would not. But is it different than saying 'bring a plate of xxx' as people would spend money on food?
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22-12-2016 09:22 #8
If I had a big group of people though and asked people to bring a plate, it wouldn't be like "can you please bring 3kg of prawns". It would be like, a packet of chips, or some chocolates to share, maybe a salad etc. Spending $5-10 on something to bring isn't the same as asking everyone to front up $20-$30 that would go directly to the host. Who knows, they could be making a tidy profit out of people giving them $$$ rather than it actually going towards food/drinks.
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22-12-2016 09:23 #9
Also what if you offered to host in the middle of the year and then your DH lost his job? And you had planned cheaper food but your family pushed for certain expensive food?
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22-12-2016 09:24 #10
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