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A Reddit user explained that she cooked for her friend’s dinner party and thought the friend would pay for the ingredients The friend then told her she “should cover it as a gift because we’re friends ...

On a recent Wednesday evening after work, I nervously got ready for my first-ever blind dinner date—not with a potential partner, but with five other potential friends. All I knew I knew in advance ...

The woman claimed she didn't think that she was required to bring a plant-based dish, and saw her friend's request as a "suggestion" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE.

Dear Annie: I recently hosted a small dinner party at my home for a few close friends -- just six of us, gathered around the table for what I hoped would be a relaxing evening of good food and ...

Dear Eric: A relatively new friend has invited me to a third dinner at her home, and I do not want to attend. Her first two meals were simply not well-prepared and not good. One meal included fish ...

The last real party I threw was in 2019, back when I’d sometimes have odd groupings of women over to my tiny New York apartment. At that final one—after everyone was fumbling and drunk, overheated ...