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[quote=Anonymous]OP I'm like you and rarely host because I am worried my food won't come out right and then everyone will grit their teeth and lie and say it's delicious.

(I'm not like you in that I don't care about the state of mess in the house; I've learned that parents don't care about this as 'they get it')

Anyways, back to the food--I now order it.  I've found it just reduces my stress level.  I don't worry--first, it will be delicious.  Second, if it's not, it's not MY cooking.  LOL But we don't have to get to "second" because it's always good.  And because I'm ordering, I have more of a variety than if I were to cook.

Ok so something to think about--doing that, ordering out, or ordering out all but one dish you make yourself....until you get the hang of it and have had them over a few times, then you can step up and make the food yourself.

It's stupid not to have friends over due to worry about judginess, especially when you know they won't be judgy.  So I outsource because I *know* it's stupid, and the outsourcing of food is my trick to get past the anxiety and have them over.  (Just because you know something is stupid doesn't mean you can just forget about it!  You've got to work around it)

Have fun, OP!  [/quote]

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