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I invited friends for dinner at mine. I made traditional dishes from where I'm from, sausage rougail, chicken cari and dessert.
A few days later they text me telling me to come to theirs for some food at dinner time.
I show up and bring a small jar of chilli peppers. One of the people who invited me goes "is that all you're going to eat?". I was confused and asked what they meant. They replied "It's everyone brings their own food."
I told them I thought they had invited me for dinner and they go "yes, we invited you to come to the house for dinner!".
They saw my face and said "don't worry, we can share some food with you!" before cutting a couple of raw carrots, aubergines, cherry tomatoes with some white sauce and putting them in the middle of the table.
They then served each other the meal they had made for themselves and digged in.
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Marssuri · 28/03/2024 16:01
Feelslikeeverest · 28/03/2024 16:09
This wasn't me but my aunt would regularly go from the North to the south of England to help my cousin out with her children, my aunt's grandchildren. My cousin and her husband are very well off and have great jobs and will go on lots of holidays, many without the kids during which time my aunt and uncle would go down and watch the kids. My aunt would never ask for a penny as she loves the time with the kids. One time they had just been taking care of the kids for 10 days while my cousin and her husband were on a luxury holiday in the Maldives. When they got back my aunt overheard my cousin's husband, her son-in-law, complaining to my cousin about how many tea bags my aunt and uncle had used in the 10 days they had been watching the children! Since then she still watches the kids but brings her own tea bags.
SingingSands · 28/03/2024 16:36
When we used to go and stay at in-laws, MIL would empty the bathroom before we arrived. So no toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo etc. literally just toilet roll and hand soap.
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