On 23 Nov 2003 04:49:29 GMT, DJS0302 wrote:

Okay I'm one of these people who's always questioning everything but why do
people feel they need to bring a gift with them when you invite them to your
house for dinner? I always want to tell people we wouldn't invite you if we
didn't want your company. You don't have to "pay" us some sort of reward in
order to be invited in. The only thing I ask is that you reciprocate the
invitation.

For a sit down dinner, I will always either bring flowers or a bottle of
wine. For a barbeque some extra beer.