To serve a takeaway to our visitors tonight?

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We have DD's friends parents coming for dinner and DD's friend is staying afterwards for a sleepover.

I was planning a lovely meal (roast beef with all trimmings followed by apple crumble and cream) but feeling very ill today and can't even cope with idea of getting dressed right now let alone cooking huge meal. I feel stiff and hurty and generally exhausted. Its nothing infectious - more side effects of medication I'm on which I recently had to increase dose of.

AIBU to serve them takeaway-we have a brilliant Turkish restaurant near us which we could easily get a meze and a big meat and rice platter from and there's some good ice cream in freezer....

but but but... I've never not cooked for my guests. It goes against all my instincts and I'm worried they'll think I'm really rude.

Right now feel I'll be doing well to shower, dress and empty the dishwasher

I will eat 99% of what I'm given anywhere 😂😂

God - you're picky!

Well we had Turkish and about 3/4 gone along with a tub of phish food and some meringues and a lot of wine (them and dp) and ginger beer and sprite (me and children - I can't drink :( )

We have discovered that the so called family platter feeds 8 people with enough over for lunch today Normally we just get the normal platter for 4 and still have enough for lunch!! Everyone seemed happy and lets face it it was probably better than my cooking

So pleased OP.

"I will eat 99% of what I'm given anywhere".

Me too! I'm just grateful to be given anything. Ever.

I love cooking and the whole dinner party thing. I have a friend who who loathes it and when we go to their house she orders a massive takeaway. She would always apologise as if it was somehow second best. Only now I have convinced her that I actually look forward to it. I love cooking but who doesn't love a decent take away. Loads of good food, a wonderful stress free host and a great evening.

Providing you are well enough, it sounds like a good evening OP. Have fun.

You should cancel. Tell them you're bedridden.

I'd be horrified to think someone had dragged themselves out of their sick bed to make my dinner. i would never impose on anyone to that extreme.

So glad it went well! Turkish, yummy!!

Glad it went well knew would, food and friends great mix.
Hope you are feeling better today.

Knew it would fgs !

Being given a takeaway would not bother me at all unless I am invited for a meal and then expected to pay for it. Yes bitter voice of experience when my host offered to run me to the cash machine so I could pay for my takeaway, which was then eaten by his children and I had to stop off at McDonald's on the way home as I was starving 😡

take away is fine but if you are really that ill as others say, I'd prefer for your own well being that you rearranged.

How are you feeling today Lists?

I'm glad you got the Takeaway. No one half decent would mind, and anyone that minds isn't worth worrying about. I hope the girls had a fun weekend together.

If you've invited them for a meal, a meal you shall provide. Doesn't matter how!

Though agree you should pay. Like you appear to intend. However if you invited them for takeaway, then I'd expect to split the cost. Particularly if the guests were party to the ordering and selection process.

In their position I woukd be super happy to try a takeaway from a Turkish restaurant. Nothing rude about that!

Glad it went well OP

Making me very very hungry :)

And YANBU

i'd be happy to be served a meal regardless, takeaway would be absolutely fine id say

Am really pleased that it went well

Personally If I went to a friends house I would be estatic if they either cooked OR sent out for a takeaway (being a single parent I spend my life cooking but no-one else ever cooks for me...)

I hope that you are now feeling better

That sounds great! Glad it went well and hope you're feeling better.
I agree with everyone who said guests are just glad to be fed and not to have to cook (apart from fussy friend X who shall never be invited again!). I'd hoped further and say I'd far rather have food someone had made earlier or bought in than have them flapping round in the kitchen while I'm there, which is pretty rude. I went to one party where every course went wrong but it was still fantastic because the people were great, glass of wine in hand, good music...and it was memorable!

Go further..

Just cancel and rebook for when you are feeling better.

Babymamamama
Your just a bit late with your advice, the meal was Saturday

Oops sorry glad all went well that will teach me not to rtft!