Translations:Affordable Gatherings/15/en

Finally, transparency is sometimes mistaken for stinginess. Saying plainly what an occasion involves is generally received as consideration rather than meanness, and vagueness intended as generosity often produces confusion instead.

| Conclusion=Affordable gatherings are less a constraint than a form of clarity. When the shape of an occasion is stated in advance and contribution is genuinely voluntary, cost tends to recede as a source of tension and the gathering can be judged on what it actually offers.