Goomba38 > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> As a host, I try to make sure all invitees know they are free to visit
>> for as short or as long a time as they like. If I'm inviting
>> people by email I will phrase it something like "the event runs
>> from 2 pm to 9 pm but feel free to stop by for any part of it
>> if you can't make the whole thing".

>> As a guest, I would try to make sure the host is comfortable
>> with a short-ish visit if that is what I want to do. But I
>> normally don't double-schedule dinner.

>> Beyond that, there are no rules.

>How much food do you prepare and how many do you set the table for if
>you have no idea who's coming and for how long?

Well, obviously I will have some idea, not no idea of how many
will be there.

I will set the table based on how many people are physically there
as of the time I said I'd serve dinner.

Steve