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The apéro is its own occasion
An invitation à l'apéro is not an invitation to dinner, and taking one for the other is a classic error. The apéritif is a drink and something small to pick at — olives, nuts, slices of saucisson — an hour or so before a meal, and it can be the whole event. Invited at eight and served nothing more, you are not being short-changed; you were asked for the apéro. It is also the low-commitment way the French see each other midweek: shorter than dinner, far easier to host, and it ends when it ends.