Awkward Dinner Convener T-Shirts

"Your college student, home for the holidays, waits until dinner to announce that he is now a vegan. . ."

Grace For Flies

"How fresh is the calamari?"

Party time.

Horn of Leftovers

'Giles is a surgeon who likes to bring his work home with him.'

"I feel like I'm cosplaying as a salad bar."

"The chef ran out of the shiitake-infused sweet potato au gratin, so he substituted hash browns."

"I thought we agreed that the dining room was a buffer zone."

"My bouche was not amused."

'I'm in the mood to cook!'

"I worry about every little thing. Barry's more of a generalist."

'I always buy him the toughest, chewiest steak. It shuts him right up for half an hour.'

Trustworthy Authority.

"The host? He'll be the guy standing here, alone, when the wine's gone."

After-Life Mints

"...and you!? Did you like yours?"

'And don't you touch that mammoth in the freezer. I'm saving it for company.'

"As my late husband, here, used to say...."

Dinner chat.

"Sorry, where did you say you were from again?"

"Sorry, Damocles - at out dinner parties we always sit boy, girl, boy, girl."

"We would LOVE to have you for dinner!"

Sunday Roast.

Lady playing with bread at the dinner table

'I don't think your dad likes me, Angie.'

The Imperfect Hostess

'They do that every time. I think it's something in the meatballs.'

"We have records of all the bad wine you bring to dinner parties."

'I'm running a little late -- could you help me fold the napkins?'

'This is a bit awkward, but we'll have the chicken.'