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honestly party etiquette with Chelsea is a series I’d watch
Great option!! I will be waiting on that too
Love this. Could you also give us more advice on being a good host?
I honestly don’t ever expect a hostess gift. Sometimes my friends will bring something, sometimes they won’t, but we’re all on different budgets and I never expect them to spend money if they’re not comfortable with it. I just want them to come over and have fun. But yes, outside of that, being a gracious guest is a dying skill, and it’s really frustrating. I love hosting, I love planning and prepping and watching people enjoy the event, but not when they act like entitled jerks.
Thank you. Can you also speak to the use of cell phones when being a good guest? People can scroll when they’re home. It is becoming increasingly more and more annoying trying to spend time with someone and they’re looking at their phone every 1-2 minutes even in the middle of conversations.
Yeah I’ve honestly found it sad the last few times I’ve been with friends and they’ve pulled out their phone at the table. I like to keep mine in my pocket or purse when I’m out. Obviously if there’s an emergency I can check it but someone would likely call 3-4 times and that would be noticeable. But otherwise, dude put your phone away 😅
I completely agree with being a gracious guest, be timely, be grateful, be kind.
But I think hostess gifts are context specific and I would never see it as rude in any fashion if I invite people for a party and tell them they don’t need to bring anything and they come empty handed. That’s totally fine. Just enjoy yourself and be polite & clean.
I always ask if the host would like me to bring something because I’m more than happy to bring anything they want/need. But otherwise, I’m not guessing and spending money on a bottle of X or food platter Y, and then it’s not eaten, appreciated, or even wanted.
I actually really hate when people bring me more items to put in or around my house, as I already feel like we all have too much stuff, please don’t make me put up another random magnet, or store another mug or candle, etc.
I like seeing the discussion on hostess gifts. One thing I try to do is give something consumable or regiftable, unless I know the hostess very well. Gifting is also cultural. I would not feel comfortable visiting someone’s home withou at least bringing a nice chocolate bar or a box of tea. My husband feels the same way.
In Argentina we give people a good hour of grace period haha
i went to buenos aires and the chill time is such a cultureshock as an american haha
Totally unrelated, but what is that wall color???
Can’t wait to see your tomate preserving! I have so many waiting in my freezer!
I’m sorry, but I don’t see where that girl was being a “bad guest”. She didn’t misbehave at the party or disrespect the host. She just gave her honest opinion on it after getting flak from people when she initially commented that she left.
My thing is, these influencers, especially those in LA have these parties for status and nothing more. So I see nothing wrong with someone who was a guest at the party saying that it just wasn’t it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong or entitled in stating your honest opinion of your experience, on your platform no less. There’s nothing mean or malicious about anything she said, and I think people are just overly sensitive about things like this. Even though this wasn’t a large influencer event so I agree that it shoudn’t be compared to such, people are acting like this was some kind of intimate house warming party where she disrespected someone’s home, and it wasn’t that either. Considering the 101 things that could go wrong at a club party filled with a bunch of 20 somethings plied with alcohol, I think a guest posting an unfavorable review of the party is the least of all that.
Also, I don’t believe that just because people are in a “loneliness epidemic”, that people need to arrest their honest opinions on parties and events and just be grateful to be invited someplace. I think that much of so called “party etiquette” is extremely outdated and it’s honestly why I simply don’t have the social capacity to deal with all that.
Being a guest/host is a lost art. Everything is so casual. I was raised to never arrive to someone’s house empty handed, always come bearing gifts.
I wasn’t. I believe it adds a strain and a hurdle, just makes it even more difficult to see people.
OMGGG! A crossover episode with ‘Awesome Etiquette’ would be so cool. Lizzie Post & Dan Post-Sending are the best on etiquette, they are literally Emily Post’s legacy
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Yes agreed if it’s someone’s house always be a little late and being early is rather impolite imo
I think its really impolite to show up early and it really gets me how people will claim that it’s polite in spite of the people they’re visiting being clearly uncomfortable.
Like gifts I think being a good guest is being sensitive to your hosts needs. Theyre always running late show up 15 minutes late, they don’t like gifts don’t bring them.
absolutely. and the same goes for every meet up
I am French and in traditional etiquette, you don’t bring something to someone’s home unless you know them and their tastes very well. The reasoning is that you shouldn’t burden someone with something they won’t like/use. However you have to send word after the event to thank them.
En France on ne vient pas les mains vides
Or scented candles
What’s even the point of unscented candles