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Something I've noticed lately...
Sep. 10th, 2008 12:40 pmLately, I've been made aware of a somewhat obnoxious trend in social norms (or maybe people were always assholes like this, and I was blissfully naive.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/09/10/lw.pay.for.my.party/index.html
Do people REALLY pull this sort of shit on their friends? Do they say, "Hey, come to my party!", and then expect the guests to foot a bill of hundreds of dollar apiece? Do adult offspring "throw an anniversary party" for their parents, and then demand that their parents pay exorbitant bills for the party after the fact? Do they invite people to parties, tell them to bring their own food, but not make it a true "pot-luck" where everyone shares? (Dude, I thought the POINT of a pot-luck was to SHARE.)
I also heard about bridezillas demanding that their best friends throw them bachelorette parties worth thousands of dollars. It's bad enough that the bridesmaids have to buy their own ugly dresses for the weddings! I've heard of people TELLING their friends and family what to buy them for weddings and birthdays. Specific EXPENSIVE stuff, too. (I feel bad enough just "registering" for my wedding. It feels like I'm asking for stuff! And we only registered at Target! Not Crate and Barrel or other fancy stores.)
I dunno... it just seems like common courtesies are going out the door.
What do you guys think?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/09/10/lw.pay.for.my.party/index.html
Do people REALLY pull this sort of shit on their friends? Do they say, "Hey, come to my party!", and then expect the guests to foot a bill of hundreds of dollar apiece? Do adult offspring "throw an anniversary party" for their parents, and then demand that their parents pay exorbitant bills for the party after the fact? Do they invite people to parties, tell them to bring their own food, but not make it a true "pot-luck" where everyone shares? (Dude, I thought the POINT of a pot-luck was to SHARE.)
I also heard about bridezillas demanding that their best friends throw them bachelorette parties worth thousands of dollars. It's bad enough that the bridesmaids have to buy their own ugly dresses for the weddings! I've heard of people TELLING their friends and family what to buy them for weddings and birthdays. Specific EXPENSIVE stuff, too. (I feel bad enough just "registering" for my wedding. It feels like I'm asking for stuff! And we only registered at Target! Not Crate and Barrel or other fancy stores.)
I dunno... it just seems like common courtesies are going out the door.
What do you guys think?
