Mary Killen Mary Killen

Dear Mary: How do we stop our friends springing a formal dinner party on us?

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issue 04 February 2023

Q. We have some friends whom we have casual suppers with on a fairly regular basis, just the four of us. Recently they sent a text inviting us ‘for supper’ and we turned up on the appointed evening to walk into a room filled with 20 other guests and formal tables set up.

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