Will you try to help to do some housework when you are invited to have a meal?

I only ask for few close friends to come over and help me with. One of my dear friend who is also a mylotter always give me a hand when I needed one. She always come to help me with cooking when we have occasions at home. So, it is not for every friend or even relatives that we have but only for chosen few whom we felt comfortable with.

When visiting a friend, I used to help in preparing meals. I guess So common to my friends to help when visiting someone maybe due to our closeness to each other.

I guess it all depends on the culture, different cultures have different views on going to a meal in someone else's home. Without sounding sexist but it's more of a feminine thing to do when visiting guests or friends. I have to admit I have never offered to help with the housework when invited around a friends place. However, when I have gone round to my partners place I have always offered to do the washing up after the meal. Again the host may not want their guests to do anything as they are the hosts of the party/dinner invitation.

If I go and eat at someone else's house I help set the table, clear the table, help cook if they need it and I always ask if they need help with getting the dishes done. I would feel terrible leaving a mess for anyone. I have never had guests eat at my house before but I would never expect anyone to do anything. If they asked to help I would say sure if you really want to.

I've been invited to friend's house where even the hosts were not doing any housework as they have maids who do everything. So all we did were just enjoying each other's companies and I'd observe how the hosts would give orders to their maids every now and then... What a life!

Hi friend, If we are invited to have a meal we are unable to do house work . Being cleanly dressed how can we help in house work there. I don't like to get my clothes untidy by doing house work. When we are invited to a party it's their duty to see to the matters and serve the guests properly. I do not expect from others too to help in doing house work with us when they are invited to a party, in my house.

Heck yeah, I'll help out. It's more fun to help someone else with housework than to do my own! LOL

When I visit a friend I don't usually help them with the housework. I might carry the plates from the table to the kitchen or something like that, but I don't cook or wash the dishes. My friends don't want to me help, when I am their visitor they do the housework. When my friends visit my house they don't help me either. It is usually a tradition among me and my friends that the host does the housework and lets the visitors relax. One of my friends is an exception. We are very close friends and have been friends for many years. When I visit his house I help him with the housework.

Youless, i always do helps out with some of the chores, whenever my friends invited me over for a lunch or dinner. I think it is not good to just have the meal and went off. There is a time that my host don't want me to helps out. But, i insisted it, so she ask me to just did a little is enough. She prefer to do the bigger clean up all by herself. i pity that she had to do extra clean up before she invited me over for the meal.

When I am at a friend's house, then I will help them out if they should happen to ask me for some kind of help with getting things ready for dinner. However, I don't think that I would volunteer to do thing because I would be afraid that I might hurt their feelings. When it comes to my mother's house, most of the time when I go over there, I do end up straightening up a lot because of the fact that it did used to be my house and I know where things belong there.

Yes I always try to help in kitchen for making meals because mostly we make all dishes in home not brings from market. I help to my MIL and before inviting guest we decided which dishes will be in lunch or dinner.

hi youless, It depends how comfortable I am cause I have a friends who treated me like a member of the family which makes me comfortable to help them in anyway I can. But if the host will not allow me I will respect that happy mylotting

If I invite anyone over for a meal thats all I intend for them to do is have a meal..weather it is a friend or not,, I don't want anyone I invite to my house to help me do anything as far as cleaning.. thats crazy.... If I was ill and could not do my own cleaning then it would be alright for my friend(s) come and clean for me, but then I would not be able to entertain either..or fix a meal... So I can not imagine someone invitinng you to their house and you show up and they put you to work cleaning...

Yes I would, I would insist in help even a little way I can. I would be just giving something in return or thank you sign for the good meal to be given to me. It's not really not so hospitable, If it is my will to help, It is still hospitable.

Yes I do help on the houses of my friends and family when I am invited for parties or some other things. I always try to visit early and try to help with making of food, setting things, and try to invite the other guests who come there. The good thing is that I have found the friends and families returning the favor when I invite them and most of them come early and help me also.

Well, I'll try not to make much of a mess, straighten-up any little messes that get in my way, and ask if the host/hostess needs any help with big messes that distract from the evening's fun. Just sounds like a good way to be ALL the time

If I am the guest, I would usually offer my help to some chores but most of the time the host would not allow so I don't insist anymore. Most of the time, the host would want the guests to be comfortable on their place so they would have prepared everything in advance including those who will take charge of the utensils used during the occasion.

I will offer to help with the cleanup (dishes) after a meal.