"kaon ta" or "kain tayo" (Dine with us.) Did you ever regret making the invitation?

Yes! There is a time not long ago.

One of my friend went to our place and she cooked some spaghetti. As usual it is Filipino style with ground pork(am i right on this?). After she's done cooking, its eating time!

We called on to each and everyone to share with our lunch. And I have this one "kasambahay" that don't eat pork.(sort of vegetarian kuno).

What he did is he separated the the pork part of the sauce in the side of his plate(while already eating). After he finished eating, he went to the saucepan and returned the "karne" part of his sauce to the pan. One of my bisita saw it and she is disgusted.

I really regret it.

Nakakahiya sa mga bisita. "Ang Doggie nya" said one of my bisita.

When I offer anything to someone, it means I am sincere with my offer and thus won't mind if the person will share my food.

What I do mind are guests who do not have an ounce of etiquette in them. A case would be you invite them over to your house to enjoy a meal and while you are all having a go at it, someone will suddenly come up with snide remarks about your cooking.

The above scenario never happened to me but I was a spectator once when this happened. Thankfully, the lady of the house was gracious enough so she pretended she did not hear the buffoon and just smiled at him while we (the other diners) opted to talk about the lady's silverware and china collection so as to keep everyone occupied.

No, because I only say that if I plan to share.

This reminds me of the joke about a guy who went to visit his ilonggo classmate's house during lunch time. His classmate's Dad answered the door and ushered him into the living room, then invited him to lunch:

Dad: "Kaon ta bla!"

Guy: "Sige salamat, busog pa po ako."

But he was thinking to himself: "Ano ba tong kinakain ng pamilyang to, Anay lang ang kumakain ng tabla ah."

Then his classmate's Mom appeared at the table and invited him too:

Mom: "Kaon ta anay."

Again he respectfully declined thinking: "Diyos ko pati Anay kinakain!"

Then his classmate showed up at the table and also invited him:

Classmate: "Kaon ta eh!"

The guy ran out of the house without looking back.

i believed i asked that same question not too long ago: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AieXI...

the general idea of "kain tayo" is to acknowledge a person's presence when you're eating... it's just a cultural misunderstanding whenever someone takes it literally and actually dines with you and ends up eating your food.

Not really. No one ever did accepted the invite but would be more than glad to share whatever I have

BUSOG NA KO, LA KA PA KA.KAON YA HAW???

TYQ: NO....CAUSE IT'S JUST A SIGN OF HOSPITALITY

tlagang ganyan ang mga pinoy, hospitality!

I don't invite them 'cuz they won't accept it anyway.....

I only invite those people that I know....