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我ld说如果事先人家没有说是free的，就是要出钱的，我真是faint。老美的方式真的是这样吗？
no, never heard of such a thing.
我ld说他在电视上看到的，如果是美国人请你去家里吃饭的话，一般都要问清楚free or not，否则是要出钱的。他说确实有老美这样做。
中国人的我还没听说过。如果是凑份子的话事先应该说明吧。问题是：如果中国人邀请我去事先没说aa我就当他请客了，不会想到去专门问是不是free（觉得怪怪的）但是美国人请客的话是不是一定要事先问清楚？？？？否则到时候没准备可掉的大。
No. i don't think there is such a custom here. none of my american friends are like that. but you do want to bring something with you, like wine or dessert, when being invited to someone's home for dinner.
我这里说的邀请是指主人单方面的邀请，比如说：碰到朋友，他说：来家里吃饭吧，聊聊天。 这种情况。就像前面一个mm提到的实验室日本人说的那样。不是说大家商量好了凑份子去某人家吃的。
而且如果是凑份子的话事先也应该说明，像前面一个mm说的饭后才知道要收钱，感觉也挺怪怪的。
doesn't matter how many people the host invites, people normally will bring something along, normally drinks or dessert.
if someone asks you to join them for celebration of someone else's birthday at a restaurant, it's common understanding that everyone willl contribute to the bill except for the birthday boy or girl.
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