A PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH TIBETAN MEDITATION – OR A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ITALIAN SOCIAL RULES

What I discovered when trying to organise the party was:

It is perfectly acceptable to:

- not bother answering an invitation even when asked repeatedly, and in advance;

- declaring that you will only come if there is really nothing better going on;

- cancelling on the day;

- inviting several of your own friends – also on the day – with a couple of them not even bothering to turn up even though there was a mad scramble to accommodate them – oh and not needing to apologise about it either; and finally,

- I also found out that it is ok to not bother to say bye to the hosts, let alone thank them for the party…