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Re: Prudie is a "singlist"
by PhysicsGirl
10/29/2009, 3:30 PM
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buggie:
The person doesn't have enough space/resources to invite everyone she wants to invite +1. Why is that difficult to comprehend? I couldn't have a dinner for more than a few people, and it would be more important me to have all my there than to have half my friends and half a bunch of people I don't really know who aren't really part of the particular crowd that the party is aimed at.
Social convention is that a person's significant other is invited to dinner parties. There are other types of events where one can be exclusionary, such as a girl's night out, etc.
buggie:
Furthermore, if, at any event, someone is automatically assumed to bring a "plus 1" that should go for everyone, and the plus one should be allowed to be anyone, not just a romantic partner.
And that is not the way social convention works. Rant about it all you want, but I don't think this is ever going to change.
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