I think I agree with every point you have made. I might quibble about “taking one for the team” only in this regard: Sometimes you may be invited to a party that you don’t want to attend. If you stop by “just to make an appearance” (or, as Raymond on the TV show says, “bring a ‘gift’”) you might decide that the party is pretty fun after all.
The most important part, though, as you noted, is that it IS a two way street.
” Sometimes you may be invited to a party that you don’t want to attend. If you stop by “just to make an appearance” (or, as Raymond on the TV show says, “bring a ‘gift’”) you might decide that the party is pretty fun after all.”
agreed.
And I can think of times where that has worked both ways over the years.