Dinner Party Etiquette
The cluster focuses on social norms and debates around hosting dinner parties, group dining expectations like sharing food, handling allergies or picky eaters, and the validity of dinner party analogies for other concepts.
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Its a bit like saying why would anyone want to host a huge dinner party.
I used to do dinner parties like that at restaurants: remove choice from my friends and tell the server a list of things we'll get, and then we have a bunch of things on the table family style.Don't worry about what can go wrong and live a little. It is an amazing experience for many.
It's generally perceived as awkward to not eat when you're with others in a place that's specifically for eating
In this analogy; it's JUST a restaurant it's not that important that you be there with your friends and family. There's plenty of other ways you can see and interact with them, the restaurant isn't important or necessary.
Even when this someone is not from your dinner party?
Maybe the idea is like how you can't go to a buffet and share food with someone who hasn't paid the entry fee
More the reason to not feed your guests
You can’t eat out alone everywhere
I love the concept of this. I travel a lot and sometimes find it difficult to arrange a dinner with old friends on short notice. I'd especially like it when I get hungry late at night but don't want to bother anybody specific.
I tip for stuff like sit down dining where someone is coming out and bringing me food.