Didn’t mention your food issue? They’ll still know
No matter how uncomfortable you might feel fessing up to a food allergy or a special diet in advance of the dinner party if you don’t, your host will definitely notice you pushing your food around on your plate. At best, your host will feel awkward and at worst, your host will be insulted. And in any case, you’ll go home hungry.
Speaking of allergies, here are 14 foods you think are dairy-free, but aren’t.
If dawn is breaking, you’ve overstayed your welcome
Well, that should be obvious. But a clear signal that the night is wrapping up is when your host closes the bar, advises Lizzie Post. If you missed that hint, then take note of your host beginning to refer to the evening in the past tense (“Well, that was a wonderful night!”). If your host is clear, but you don’t clear out, that can sour an otherwise awesome evening. Learn modern party etiquette rules if you ever want to invited back.
Brought your wine home with you when you left? Rude
When you bring wine to a dinner party, it’s a gift, not a menu item, according to wine blog Vine Pair. That means you don’t take it home with you when you leave, even if your host didn’t open it during the dinner party. And about that? It’s not rude of the host not to open your wine. It’s perfectly reasonable for your host to have picked out his or her own wine selections to go with the meal he or she planned.
