Comments on: dear clusterflock

By: Brandon Hobson

Brandon Hobson — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:11 +0000

I always prefer being the guest. I’m a shitty host. Plus I like being in other people’s homes and looking at their stuff.

By: Cooper Renner

Cooper Renner — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:26:22 +0000

I’m not a good host because I need too much alone time. I think I’m a passable guest.

By: Mike Dresser

Mike Dresser — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:50:41 +0000

Ultimately, the conscientious guest’s job is at least as difficult as that of the host. If the conversation lulls or things somehow fall apart, it is incumbent upon the guest to make pleasant conversation about the napkin rings or this unseasonable weather. That’s just common courtesy.

By: Dave Vogt

Dave Vogt — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:03:57 +0000

I’m gonna have to go with guest. I always feel terribly inadequate when left to provide for the entertainment and culinary needs of my peers.

My mother and all of her sisters have a strange host/guest relationship. I’m not entirely sure of the motivation (probably a combination of things) but whoever physically hosts a family gathering (at least six times a year) provides meat and does little else. The other four always assure that everything else is provided for, including cleaning up afterwards. I’m not entirely sure how this might be perceived in other situations, but family’s family.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:45:51 +0000

Host…wait…no…guest…ahhhhhh!

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:40:05 +0000

I enjoy it when there is a degree of complicity between hosts and guests.

By: Deron Bauman

Deron Bauman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:35:50 +0000

I think I’m a better guest than host.

By: India

India — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:47:02 +0000

Yes.

And, re That said, anyone want to come over for a cocktail party?, also yes.

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:41:21 +0000

Jesus Christ, folks. We’ve got a lot of hosts here and a paltry number of guests. What kind of party is this? Look, I’ll just be a guest, even things out.

I’ll come for cocktails if it doesn’t make you jittery, Mary, and I’m in the borough.

By: Rick Neece

Rick Neece — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:28:27 +0000

By virtue of Danny, hosting. I’m a pretty good guest, though in a circumstance or two, I’ve been known to fall asleep in the middle of a story that I was telling. (Danny apoligized, then woke me up, took me home.) Hosting, is good for me. I make things pretty, Danny cooks. We have a great time. Once in the middle of one of our parties, I went upstairs to use the bathroom, passed the bed and thought, “That looks really good!” Took my clothes off and went to sleep. Hours later, someone noticed, “Where’s Rick?” Danny looked, found me.

I cleaned up the next morning. Perfect!