Do you all usually invite people over for dinner? I don't and I don't know why. We have a few people that we will sometimes have over for dinner, most of whom are related to us. I have lots of families that I would like to invite over. I just don't. I think I have made many excuses in my head of why I don't. My house is too far away. My house is too small. I don't cook well enough. I don't have fancy serving stuff. Nobody wants to come over for dinner, they would rather stay home. It would be too much work. I couldn't get my house clean enough. Most of these things are nonsense. I think my food tastes ok. Our house can easily be ready for company. I think our friends would want to come over even if our house isn't amazingly decorated.
This past weekend Justin said to a friend, "When you come over, well, if we ever have you over." We have been friends with this person for a while and have never had his family over! What is wrong with us? This has to be corrected. Watch out Justin, we are going to start hosting. (I like it that I have decided to do this during the holiday season when everyone is busy...set myself up to fail?)
Emily, you are a good cook! Everything we have had that you have made has been delicious! And so what if all your serving things don't match - who cares? It's all about the people and the conversations - not the matchy-matchy stuff.
ReplyDeleteI think that's awesome! I wish we invited people over more often (I mean, ever), but JB is never home for dinner except usually Sat & Sun, and we just need that time to ourselves. One day...
ReplyDeletejust to add one more thing in the "reasons" - "they might be allergic to cats/dogs".
ReplyDeleteI think it's also easy to just cruise through life without doing this. It takes planning and being intentional to have people over. For a while we were pretty good at this. We tried to have people over for dinner at least twice a month. Then that slowed down. I'm trying to pick it up again, because it really can be a lot of fun. Tomorrow night we're hosting DH's college pastor and his wife and we're really looking forward to spending time with such a terrific couple. Took a little planning, but well worth it!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to you.
Our reasons for not having anyone over: Our place is too small... I'd love to have people over more often, and I think I'll make a point to when we have a house. I'm really excited about Friday with you guys coming over! I can't wait to get to cookin'!
ReplyDeleteI invite people over when I can. It takes a lot to clean up and do the work, but usually it is worth it. However, I just told my husband that I might want to rethink inviting people over until the mouse problem is resolved. However, I have been nothing but honest about it on my blog and FB, so it isn't a secret or anything. If they don't want to come, they don't have to, huh?
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