Tonight was interesting. One of my friends who can't make it Saturday invited me to join her, another friend who has a birthday this week, her boyfriend and the friend I was discussing before and it was her treat. She was looking forward to the 5 of us dining together. The other "friend" who wanted to bring three people to my house, showed up after being at a wine tasting with 3 other people with her. It was very ackward for a few minutes, then we all moved to a big table and the evening ended up ok. Then what really floored me is I bought a card for Mark - the other birthday. He thought it was funny so he sent it around for people to look at. One of the people the "friend" brought, signed it and passed it on! She was about the 4th person to get it and no one else signed it. She probably thought it was a group card, but I thought the whole thing was pretty rude. Of course that's the person coming to my house as the "friend"s guest on Saturday. I asked if she got my email. she said "Well you are letting me bring ONE guest" I said "Yes, I am".