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For the holidays, you are dating someone casually are you expect to take them to family celebrations?
I understand with long term dating it is acceptable to take that person to family events, but if the relationship is a casual thing is it proper to take them to the family dinner? How about the office Christmas party that is held away from the office, is that a place to take a casual date.
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The beauty of the casual dating relationship is that you have nothing but options!
Talk with your "beau" and decide if you'd like to spend the holidays or parties together. If not, it's easy enough to excuse each other from the festivities. No one is expecting a casual dater to attend. But I'm sure that if this is someone you'd like to share the holiday or party with, the host would be happy for you to bring him/her.
As with any party or dinner scenario, make sure you check with your host in advance about whether or not it's okay to bring a date, and offer plenty of notice so they can plan ahead for food and space.
But don't feel any need to pressure your casual special someone. Keep things loose and comfortable.
Talk with your "beau" and decide if you'd like to spend the holidays or parties together. If not, it's easy enough to excuse each other from the festivities. No one is expecting a casual dater to attend. But I'm sure that if this is someone you'd like to share the holiday or party with, the host would be happy for you to bring him/her.
As with any party or dinner scenario, make sure you check with your host in advance about whether or not it's okay to bring a date, and offer plenty of notice so they can plan ahead for food and space.
But don't feel any need to pressure your casual special someone. Keep things loose and comfortable.
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November 25, 2009 03:26 PM
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Personally, if it's not a mutually exclusive relationship but a boyfriend/girlfriend of the month type thing, I don't think it would be appropriate to bring them to a family dinner. If they had nowhere else to go, though, it would be a nice gesture to bring them along if your family didn't mind. Holidays are meant to be spent with loved ones but it's always generous to include others who don't have family close by.
If the business celebration is social and not strictly a business affair, then I think it would be appropriate to bring a casual date. You may want to ask your coworkers what the prevailing company policy is just to be sure.
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If the business celebration is social and not strictly a business affair, then I think it would be appropriate to bring a casual date. You may want to ask your coworkers what the prevailing company policy is just to be sure.
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If you're dating someone casually, that means you're not obligated to bring that person to family celebrations. While I don't personally feel that they're a big deal, society does, and the "casual dating" category seems to have partially been established to avoid situations like this.
With that said, though, there's no reason why you and your date can't attend family events if both of you are comfortable with them and the events are sufficiently casual themselves (i.e. no well-meaning but awkward conversations about your future kids!) It depends on the individuals involved, as most things do.
And how I see it, an office Christmas party would be even more OK to take a date to, for what it's worth. A lot of them expect you to bring dates anyway, and there isn't the relatives factor.
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With that said, though, there's no reason why you and your date can't attend family events if both of you are comfortable with them and the events are sufficiently casual themselves (i.e. no well-meaning but awkward conversations about your future kids!) It depends on the individuals involved, as most things do.
And how I see it, an office Christmas party would be even more OK to take a date to, for what it's worth. A lot of them expect you to bring dates anyway, and there isn't the relatives factor.
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