Miss Manners: They scolded me for bringing my own lobster tail to the dinner

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Miss Manners: They scolded me for bringing my own lobster tail to the dinner
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I didn’t realize I was expected to provide one for every guest.

No other person brought anything to the dinner; they all ate the beef.GENTLE READER:

That said, a lobster tail does look a bit ostentatious. If you were in a position to provide the other half of “Surf ‘n Turf” for everyone, it would have been the most gracious course in what was, Miss Manners readily admits, an unfair situation.My wife and I will be celebrating our 51st wedding anniversary soon, and we sent out electronic invitations to nine couples to share this occasion at our favorite restaurant.

I see her husband monthly and I always ask how she is doing. When he replied to the invitation, he said he would need to bring his wife’s caregiver. I responded, “I’ll put you down for three.” I did not say anything about who would pay for the caregiver’s dinner.

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