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to think it's really cheeky to invite someone to a BBQ then expect them to bring...

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dotdashdashdash · 11/04/2021 16:35

...The BBQ!?

We were invited last week to a friends today for a BBQ. They called this morning asking to borrow our BBQ, we assumed there's had broken or the one they ordered hadn't arrived etc - but no. They don't have one. So we suggested they come to ours and bring some of the stuff they'd bought as our BBQ is very heavy and large (won't fit in the car without removing the child seats and lying all seats flat) but it turns out, that not only did they want us to bring our BBQ, they wanted us to leave it at theirs as they are having other friends this evening.

Was IBU to say no? That I didn't want to take our large BBQ and gas bottle to their house and leave it with them?

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FOJN · 11/04/2021 16:39

Cheeky fuckers. I often wonder whether life is easier for people with more front than Harrods.

Insomnia5 · 11/04/2021 16:39

@ilovecarbs90

It sounds like they only invited you for the BBQ...
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FenceSplinters · 11/04/2021 16:39

Wow, that is so cheeky! You were right to say no. How did they respond?

CrazyHorse · 11/04/2021 16:39

Hahahaha!

They'll have to turn their oven on

BrightYellowDaffodil · 11/04/2021 16:38

Cheeky enough to invite people to a BBQ when you don’t have one, cheekier still to expect you to leave it with them so they can carry on using it!

Shame it won’t fit in the car eh, OP? Wink

IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 11/04/2021 16:37

Not a chance, as host you ensure you have everything needed ti cater for your guests. Very cheeky.

ilovecarbs90 · 11/04/2021 16:37

It sounds like they only invited you for the BBQ...

milinhas · 11/04/2021 16:36

Not U, that is pretty cheeky of them!