If I am going to someone's house for dinner and me and my husband and son are the only invitees, I usually do not ask, but I will bring a gift along without asking -- a bottle of wine, fresh flowers, something like that depending on the tastes of the hosts. If it is a big gathering with a lot of people, I will usually ask if there's anything I can bring.
I will usually, similarly, accept offers for big parties, but if I'm just having a single couple over, I like to be able to control the meal start to finish, to present a unified effect, so I'll usually say, "Just the pleasure of your company!" (Unless it is my parents. I will always let them bring wine, because they have a wine cellar and we have... a package store.)
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Date: 2007-07-12 02:50 pm (UTC)I will usually, similarly, accept offers for big parties, but if I'm just having a single couple over, I like to be able to control the meal start to finish, to present a unified effect, so I'll usually say, "Just the pleasure of your company!" (Unless it is my parents. I will always let them bring wine, because they have a wine cellar and we have... a package store.)