AnnaS
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2001
You actually say this out loud to people you're just meeting for the first time? I'm not sure how I'd react (or what reaction would be expected) if a hostess said that.
Yes & No - most of the time it's people I know for a while but have not had them over at the house. At that point, we are more or less friends/good friends. It's all in good fun during the conversation to make people feel more comfortable. There are people I know who go out trying to impress people so much - doing things, saying things that is not who they are in their every day life - if that makes any sense - even the in-laws - by the time they came at the house - the kids had been going out for years. Had conversations on the phone, text. Saw each other at wakes. When the kids got serious & engaged, we met "officially" at a restaurant with siblings too - we welcomed each other in the family. So not total strangers/first time. But even the company coming is sometimes trying to impress their host. Just breaks the ice a bit. We are not that formal here anyway.
Peace & Have a nice day