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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a mom and I have a lot of friends (kids are preschool age).  We entertain at our house a lot.  We invite people over all the time for playdates, or dinner and a playdate (where we make a nice homemade dinner).  We also host holidays (we host Thanksgiving every year, inviting different friends).

Rarely are we ever invited to someone else's home for a playdate or dinner.  We've never been invited to share a holiday with another family (we have no local family to share holidays with and all our friends know this).  Our friends seem happy to come over and seem to have a fun time but never reciprocate.

I have one friend who does reciprocate but the rest don't.  The rest don't even invite us to meet up with them out of the house very often--maybe once a year if that.

I'm starting to feel annoyed about this.  I can make new friends, but I expect that they may be like this too.

My question is: why don't people reciprocate and why don't they feel obligated to?  When I was growing up my mother always reciprocated every playdate and invitation.  It doesn't even have to be at their house, suggesting we meet up for an activity once in awhile would just be nice.[/quote]

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