My SO's uppercrust people can be so tacky or is it me? (roommate, grandmother)
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Shouldn't you be better at writing if you are a teacher?
Ah, well, it's all just further testimony that education here is in dire need of repair.
At any rate, the OP is too smart to pay what she feels is an inappropriate fee for what is dubiously dubbed a "networking event." Good for her!
You have a nice day, now. I'll let you have the last word if it helps you feel better.
I apologize for my typos. I am at the hospital with a relative so I am posting from my phone.
I'm not really surprised you can't understand the OP if you can't understand a few hundred words with two typos. Really it says far more about you and your lack if reading comprehension than it does about me.
Btw you and the OP are clearly two peas in a pod. She is a "lawyer" who uses the word "heiffer" in most of her posts and you, a "reporter", think she is smart. Lol.
When I go to someone´s house for a free dinner I typically bring something eg flowers, wine etc. If you were to go to a paid event at someone´s house, are you still supposed to bring something.
I cannot even figure out how you are relating a hostess gift when invited for dinner -- with a get together which is for networking.
You are just miffed cause you thought you were being feted as part of a close inner circle and come to find out . . . you are just being invited to a networking event.
I guess what I'm saying is that normally I'd invite tacky invites like this but I might meet powerful people if I go =always a good thing but since I do not eat Sushi I can not justify spending $50/plate for a meal I do not eat/enjoy.
I do not know how to diplomatically handle this? Que??
Looks like you answered your own question. Looks like you're also a very stuck-up person by how you continually feel the need to tell everyone how much you hate sushi - it's like a kid throwing a temper tantrum "I hate sushi, I hate sushi, I hate sushi!" This is no different than weddings, you don't get a whole menu to choose from, it is food they decided to have specially prepared for the occasion. How do you diplomatically handle this? You either pay for the food and go to the party, or you don't pay anything Those are the only options you have, simple. If you want to meet those people, you pay the fee, and deal with it. There is no "go to the party and pay nothing" option.
On the last note, you should stop calling your partner "well bred," humans are not dogs.
Yum sushi! For the record (and I didn't read this whole thread so forgive me), there is sushi made with cooked ingredients, like shrimp, smoked salmon, crab, and so on. Also some sushi is made with no meat and is delicious also!
Just go- $50 for that kind of networking is nothing. It's probably really good sushi too! Hopefully it's served in such a way that you can pick the items that are cooked, like California rolls or shrimp tempura
I adore sushi- so good! Funny thing is I don't care for wasabi though and never use it.
If you don't know how to eat sushi (there is the right and wrong way) I suggest googling it so you don't make a bad impression in case you are going to be dining around some sushi snobs. There is some etiquette involved such as eating a piece in one or two bites, how to reach for the sushi if it's on a shared tray, etc.
Yum sushi! For the record (and I didn't read this whole thread so forgive me), there is sushi made with cooked ingredients, like shrimp and crab and so on.
Just go- $50 for that kind of networking is nothing. It's probably really good sushi too! Hopefully it's served in such a way that you can pick the items that are cooked, like California rolls or shrimp tempura
Yum sushi! For the record (and I didn't read this whole thread so forgive me), there is sushi made with cooked ingredients, like shrimp, smoked salmon, crab, and so on. Also some sushi is made with no meat and is delicious also!
Just go- $50 for that kind of networking is nothing. It's probably really good sushi too! Hopefully it's served in such a way that you can pick the items that are cooked, like California rolls or shrimp tempura
I adore sushi- so good! Funny thing is I don't care for wasabi though and never use it.
If you don't know how to eat sushi (there is the right and wrong way) I suggest googling it so you don't make a bad impression in case you are going to be dining around some sushi snobs. There is some etiquette involved such as eating a piece in one or two bites, how to reach for the sushi if it's on a shared tray, etc.
I didn't read all the posts, so forgive me if I repeat any insight or advice.
1) I am skeptical of these "networking" events anyway - lead exchanges, too, for that matter.
2) That being said, will your company reimburse you for the expense? If so, then I'd probably go.
3) Just because people are INVITED doesn't mean they're going to actually attend. Before you commit to possibly wasting both time and money, try to find out who is actually ATTENDING. And while you're at it, find out if this is some sort of "lead generating" group or some other sort of "networking" group that charges membership dues.
I hate being set up for a sale, even for free. But it REALLY ticks me off to be set up and have to pay for it at the same time.
I apologize for my typos. I am at the hospital with a relative so I am posting from my phone.
I'm not really surprised you can't understand the OP if you can't understand a few hundred words with two typos. Really it says far more about you and your lack if reading comprehension than it does about me.
Btw you and the OP are clearly two peas in a pod. She is a "lawyer" who uses the word "heiffer" in most of her posts and you, a "reporter", think she is smart. Lol.
Are you that worked up that you need to post from a hospital on a tiny phone screen
Lucky relative you have there.
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Hopefully it's served in such a way that you can pick the items that are cooked, like California rolls or shrimp tempura 
