Which best sums up your thoughts on dinner parties/entertaining in your home?

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  • Lisa - 6 years ago

    I love to cook and entertain, however most of our friends don't. We used to have a gourmet club, where each couple hosted a dinner every other month. However, as our children got older and more involved in sports and activities, it fell by the wayside and now we get together once or twice a year. Because I love to cook, I find a lot of our friends reluctant to reciprocate, as they are intimidated because they don't enjoy it like I do. I love to host and try out new menus and do the whole flower arrangement, table setting thing. However, most of our friends don't enjoy that, so are hesitant to reciprocate.

  • Nancee - 6 years ago

    It's more a matter of time-I don't have any spare time to plan, prep, clean, entertain, with two jobs. So while I like the idea and enjoy going to other's homes for a dinner party, I rarely do them myself.

  • Annette - 6 years ago

    We are in a dinner group with 5 couples and it started 30 years ago here in Northern California. We make it easy and the couple hostessing assigns each couple a dish to bring. I am so glad we kept this tradition going and that all 5 couples are still married and together. Sometimes we do a fun activity after dinner, play a game or just sit and catch up. I would highly recommend it!

  • Jo Dame Shafer - 6 years ago

    Maybe it's the times? Do Southerners still entertain this way? I'd like to imagine they do. Before we moved "out west" in the mid-'70s, we hosted dinner parties in our home once or twice a year and were feted in friends' homes. Now, in the Pacific Northwest, it's reservations somewhere. Oh, well.

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