Post by gibbinator on Aug 13, 2015 13:17:04 GMT -5
I love entertaining, but we haven't had people over in a looong long time as most of our friends are in the busy, little kid stage like we are. We used to have friends over (whether a group or just a couple) probably every other weekend, but since kids it's more like a few times a year.
Post by turtlegirl on Aug 13, 2015 13:18:45 GMT -5
It seems to go in spurts. Probably averaging out to 2x a month.
I hosted 3-4 moms and lots of 3-5 year olds at my house almost every Friday this summer for pool playdates. During football season we usually rotate between a few friends houses for hosting/watching the game on Sundays, so it will be at our house 1-2 times a month.
We just had a big "end of summer BBQ" at our house with about 12 other adults and 8 other kids this past weekend.
Post by leonard131 on Aug 13, 2015 13:19:01 GMT -5
About once a week if not more. We like to have people over for dinners on the weekends and our neighbors may come over to hang out. We don't do any type of fancy entertaining. More hang out stuff with pretty simple meals.
Right now? Never. We're still kind of in unpacking/organizing mode.
We're finished our basement (work starts Monday!) in the hopes that we'll maybe have people over a little more - game nights with close friends maybe?
We aren't really "entertainers" though. It's probably the thing that irritates me the most about HGTV shows, they always want so much space for "entertaining". How many fucking parties are you having? I want to be on Property Brothers so I can look for a house with more doors. Let me close off my messy kitchen and shut doors to the upstairs so we don't wake up my kid. Give me the kind of house where people come over and I can just have the one formal living room clean and shut the rest of my shamefully dirty floors behind doors. "No, no, leave all the doors and walls. Actually, can you add some more? Maybe make me a room that's only big enough for one cozy chair and a fireplace, so no one else can come in and bother me?"
All the time. Nothing formal, but a lot of play dates morph into lunch or dinner for the kids or at the very least, wine or tea/snacks in the late afternoon. I'd say at least once a week.
I love entertaining, but we haven't had people over in a looong long time as most of our friends are in the busy, little kid stage like we are.
This is largely us too. Plus DH has a weird schedule so it affects our ability to entertain. But we like having people over - casually and for more formal parties. Just don't have much time for it these days!
Post by sunshine608 on Aug 13, 2015 13:52:20 GMT -5
Quite often this summer we had 2 big parties. We would have one more for Labor day but we have another commitment. I would love to have them over more but
1. Atlanta sprawl is hell on friendships. I have close friends who live an hour away. 2 hours in traffic 2. H's job is unpredictable 3. Everyone is busy.
I was so excited b/c our house is great for entertaining but we don't get to do it anywhere near as often as I like.
Not very often anymore. Probably just once a month. Everyone has kids now so coordinating different bedtimes and stuff can be hard if we have the kids involved, too.
I do really like entertaining. it's just a lot to do anymore.
ETA: I don't know how you are defining "entertaining" but friends are at our house at least twice a week. We order in dinner, or drink after DD is in bed, or BBQ or have a fire on the weekend. We used to play lots of board games but that hasn't been as big lately. We go out a lot for dinner too, but then may go back to our house instead of bars because...baby. We probably only have a big party (30+ guests) 1-2 times/year.
We have three decently sized parties a year: one around cinco de mayo, one for his birthday, and one to decorate the Christmas tree.
Other than that, I'd say someone comes over maybe once every two months? Usually a friend of msniq's. I usually end up going out to my visit friends. Rarely.
Hardly. Seems like our friends with kids are too busy for us and live a bit of a hike from us. And the ones without kids are too cool for us - many of them still live in city and shudder at the thought of giving up an entire night on the weekend to come to someone's home in the suburbs. We must be the only lame people with a kid who are basically free every weekend.
It definitely makes me sad. We have lots of awesome wedding china I would love to use more often.
Constantly. At least once a week for a play date, and every few months I find an excuse to host a party. I love entertaining and hosting! It was one of the deciding factors of which kind of house we bought for our second house, our old house was too small to really entertain.