Originally Posted by thinkx

if you go out no - noone brings stuff then, you might treat them on beer or liquor in a club but normally everyone pays for themselves. If you throw a party though and say 100 ppl come over at a local club or so, theyll all bring something yes.

typical occasions where you would give something small to someone here - aside bdays etc here would be

lookin after someones house when hes on a holiday
when someones sick
as a youll be fine when someones relation is over
plus in the south here theyll do that on funerals as well