Here's the deal: I want to have a dinner party for my birthday at my favorite resturant. Who is suppose to pay for the meals me(as the host) or the guests?
2007-11-11 11:42:38 · 14 answers · asked by GangGreen 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I would say you need to be prepared and willing to pay. But I would also say that it would be courtesy for them to quietly pay for their share on the night.
2007-11-12 01:38:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anna 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you host the party and send out the invites it's taken for granted that you pay. In some circles (ok - mostly younger generation) it would be acceptable to put a cost per person on the invite and then have the host make up the difference in the final bill. This lets people know if they're expected to pay and if that's something they need to consider before RSVPing.
2007-11-11 20:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by girlb00 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are celebrating your birthday and being also a host so you have to pay.I really don't know how are you going to ask your guest to pay when you are the one who invite them to the dinner.
It his different when they are throwing a dinner or party for you then of course they are the one paying. If you are worry about the bill, then maybe you could reconsider you food you gonna have and trim down the guest you gonna to invite.
2007-11-11 19:52:07 · answer #3 · answered by chesney c 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The host pays - whether the dinner party is at your home and you buy the groceries and cook the meal, or whether you go out to a restaurant and let someone else do it for you.
2007-11-11 19:50:24 · answer #4 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is.....Should I pay for a dinner party I am giving? The answer is.....It's your party, so you pay. If the guests choose to bring you a birthday gift or not (their choice) that is all that is required from them.
2007-11-11 21:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by mj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your hosting then your paying ! You can't very well call up the friends and say "hey let's go to said restaurant it's my birthday so you all paying for it ... Right?
Now if said friends got together and took you out for dinner on your birthday .. Then they would handle the paying for themselves and you.
2007-11-11 19:50:42 · answer #6 · answered by yeah , yeah whatever 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were having a dinner party at your house, who would pay, you or your guests?
2007-11-11 19:47:07 · answer #7 · answered by libbygail_51 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invited guests paying for there food at your party, you may be heading towards 24 carrot golden loneliness.
2007-11-11 20:26:57 · answer #8 · answered by G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what the proper/official answer to that is, but I know that every time I go to a restaurant for a friend's birthday, we all pay separately. It's your birthday. You should be getting gifts, not giving them.
2007-11-11 19:50:41 · answer #9 · answered by to love is to live 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think if you invite people to your dinner, you pay. Unless you're all kinda poor and you know your friends would just naturally pay their own. (like my life!) I would love to treat everyone, but that's not gonna happen..
I also think if you ask someone to be in your wedding, you buy their dress. I don't know how it's not like that today.. seems normal to me.
2007-11-11 20:04:26 · answer #10 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋