Reply To: Chasseneh Attendance

Oomis – I agree with Chesed and Chevrah; the KP and SCvK times are noted so you, as the friend or neighbor (not “B” list, per se, just not best friend / closest neighbor status) will know how to plan your arrival to an affair where you are only expected to pop in for a few minutes.

And yes, that means going thru the trouble of getting dressed / travelling for what ammounts to 15-30 of time on the dance floor.

And yes, I (like 99% of the people in the CR) get dozens of those kind of invitations. So I either go or don’t go.

But what I was getting at is, there seems to be a prevailing attitude (at least in my neighborhood) that there are NO instances where there is the expectaion to attend a simcha from start to finish, unless you’re close family.

What happened to friends? OK, maybe not 50-60 friends; but I think 5-10 (both me attending theirs and them attending mine )is reasonable.

And Blubluh – beielve it or not, I actualy once got an invitation that had a “checklist” of which part of the simcha we planned on coming for. Hopefully it will catch on, so its less of a stigma