When guests come over..

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Re: When guests come over..

@Uncle Stalker

Western VS Eastern values
Back home in Pakistan guests almost ALWAYS dropped in WITHOUT information and they were always greeted open hearted - no stone would be left unturned to entertain them - someone would rush to the doodh walay ki dukan to get Thandi BootlaiN etc etc.

Kids were expected to behave - no hard and fast rules. If someone showed a bit of attitude, then he / she would be dealt with, accordingly, after the guests leave.

Here in the west, the rules of the game are entirely different. If someone drops in without informing, the hosts have full rights to refuse entry or at best say that they themselves are leaving for someplace

If the guests have been invited by parents, the kids would be introduced, but they dont have to hang around…

If you have people your own age, you should politely invite them over to your room / area / whatever .. and show them around the house, your music CD’s, movies collection etc etc. They shouldn’t touch anything without permission. Then maybe if you get friendly, you may watch a movie in your room, and let the parents do their chit chat in peace.

Whatever

You forgot to mention one thing about eastern values…

As soon as guests used to exit the main door of the house, all the kids used to rush towards food area (bakery stuff) served for the guests on the table:rotfl: