Moemg
Gone but not forgotten
We had some people over last night and my SO and I got talking about entertaining . It's fun occasionally but we would never be one of those couples who entertain a lot . So do you enjoy entertaining ?
We've had quite a few parties in the past few years. Everyone seems to have a great time and they ask periodically, "When are you having another party?" I think to myself, "Why don't you have a party and invite me?"
We've had quite a few parties in the past few years. Everyone seems to have a great time and they ask periodically, "When are you having another party?" I think to myself, "Why don't you have a party and invite me?"
That is the catch 22 . We get invited to parties and then you have to reciprocate and then you get invited to more parties . We usually entertain about six times a year and that is plenty .
I love entertaining, but it doesn't happen all that often because DW suffers from CHAOS too. But I prefer small gatherings (3-8 people). I like formal entertaining so even small gatherings are always a lot of work.
I suffer from the is the food okay & is there enough of it , the house clean enough and are people having a good time syndrome .
Or even moving cross town. At my old address which had lots of parking, friends would meet there on the way to other places and events, stop in for tea. The new place has "difficult street parking" which scares most of them away. And some of them don't like to climb four flights of stairs.Problem solved when we moved to WV. Even though it was only an hour and a half away, nobody wanted to drive "all that distance". Maybe it's something psychological about crossing a state line?
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And some of them don't like to climb four flights of stairs.
See, I would have looked at it like this:The main things to a great party are cold beer, hot, reasonable quality food, and good people.