I'm so grateful for invitations. Invitations to events that celebrate someone or something, invitations to participate in a ceremony/a cause/a program, invitations to walk alongside of someone in their joy/sorrow/confusion, invitations to be a part of someone's life and not just on the fringes. I'm sure there are more ways invitations happen but those are the ones that came to mind immediately. Tonight I received an invitation from my youngest brother and soon to be sister-in-love, they asked me to participate in their wedding ceremony by adding my voice in with a reading of their choice. How special, how honored I feel to be a part of their day in this way. I'm always honored when people invite me into their lives and I try to make sure I express my gratefulness for their belief that I would add to their life in some way.
There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.
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