Recently my husband’s high school class organized a get together at a classmate’s home, with about 30 people in attendance.
I brought a bottle of wine and handed it to the hostess.
While chatting with some of his other classmates I was informed that there would be no alcohol being served. The hosts did have water and soft drinks.
Should I have asked for my wine back?
If they don’t drink alcohol, what happened to my wine?
I’m being petty, but I am a …– Vino Lover
You are being petty. Surely you aren’t really wondering if you should have asked this host to de-gift this bottle of wine and hand it back to you.
You don’t know whether these hosts drink alcohol. You only know that they chose not to serve alcohol for this event.
What happens to this bottle next is very much up to them. If you invite them to dinner, you might see it returned to you as a host-gift.
Real Life of an MSW 
A sound response
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I do think it would have also been nice if the host had included on the invitation “Alcohol will not be served or consumed during this event. Thank you for understanding” That succinct note of etiquette would have saved them and the guess from this moment. Thank you for reading and commenting!
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Yes – good addition
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Yes — the host should have made that clear. Or at least told the guests, “Thank you but we aren’t drinking/serving alcohol” and not accepted the bottle! THAT is rude 🙂
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I too agree this is rude. Thought the lesson here is to next time bring Sparkling cider, or a beautiful bottle of Ginger beer, because there will always be an individual at a party who will not consume alcohol for their own personal reasons.
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