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[quote]Arrive on time. +5 minutes won't matter but no later. After all your hosts are 80+ and it is the nature of old people to worry! Have you had an accident etc...! you'll never hear the end of it....If y...[/quote] blimey, when we invite someone here in England, it's just because we want to spend time with them, and would not let a few cross cultural differences offend us. Heck, they would probably add to the jolity of the evening. Just Enjoy! People of that age will have seen many things in their lives, and are unlikely to be phased by an ill-chosen bloom.

'Kids are mean' Yes sometimes they can be, so can older people. I don't go along with this 'kids can be mean'. It's too easy, puts the responsibility anywhere but at home. If you are taught respect and love for fellow humans from day one, you don't behave that way, no matter what your age.  What kind of person laughs at or makes fun of another? I wonder where the people who feel it's normal to be 'cruel up to a point' draw the line?