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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I think it's meant more as a gift than a "I brought this for all of us to drink right now" thing.
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Absolutely -- it's a gift, and you should not expect the host to use the gift that night, rather than saving it.
But people don't necessarily recognize this, and it can be awkward -- like if I make dinner for people, and choose a really special (expensive/unusual/complementary) bottle of wine, and they bring a perfectly good but not as special bottle that I would prefer to set aside.
Fortunately, like many problems, this one can be resolved simply by drinking more.
