If you have an invitation for dinner at eight, do you arrive bang on time, or fashionably late?
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I also don't want to be the guest that everyone jokes is always late or the person that has to be told 10 minutes earlier just to ensure that you'll actually be on time. I don't think anyone likes people that are late to anything.
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M$If the dinner is actually starting at 8 then clearly it is important to be on time. Nobody wants to sit down to eat if a guest is missing, and it would be pretty rude to delay everyone else!
All that said, I'm currently living in Guatemala, and the way people deal with being on time here is completely different to the way it works in the States. In summary: they aren't on time. Ever.
There are exceptions of course, but the way things work here is that everyone is late to everything. As soon as you get used to it, it really works out fine. To plan a dinner party, though, the preliminary period of drinks and socializing would be NECESSARY or else many guests would just plain miss dinner. Now that I'm used to it, I really like the flexibility of the system here. When I'm trying to do business, though, sometimes it is pretty annoying that nobody ever shows up when they say they will.
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When I give a dinner party, I always tell my guest to be there within a time frame. So it I am planning on serving dinner at 8pm I tell my guest to come for 7:30-7:45 pm. That gives me 15 minutes to get everyone situated and 30 minutes for anyone who will be late.
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Similar to your idea, when I have a dinner party, I suggest a time frame about an hour to an hour and a half before I would serve supper and serve appetizers and aperitifs. If I am invited to a dinner party an if appetizers will not be served, I usually try to show up about 10 minutes early with a host/hostess gift of candles,flowers, wine, or a combination of those.
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Oddly enough, nobody seems to mind when I arrive places late. In fact, it's more comfortable for me. All the conversations are already started and I can just sidle in, if that makes any sense. Maybe there's something to "better late than never" or "fashionably late" after all!
If it's an invitation for just me, though, I'll try and be on time or early. There isn't anyone else to pick up the slack.
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