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[quote=Anonymous]Each Halloween and NYE, we have a 'party' at our house. These are really informal affairs - everyone brings something, we make a main dish and have drinks for everyone, and everyone can come and go as they please. Everyone brings their families to these gatherings, so numbers get big quickly. We have 3 kids, and by this point, we know a lot of people and we know them all in the same sort of way - connections through the kids' school, we are friendly with them, we sometimes go out with them on the weekends, etc. The older my kids get, the longer we live in our neighborhood, the more people we know. None of these folks are my best friends, but it would be odd if I invited some of these folks and not others. For example, I can't invite the family that lives 3 doors down from me but not the other family that lives on the other side of me 2 doors down.

How do you decide who to invite? If I had a mansion, I'd invite everyone. Hosting events doens't stress me out, and like I said, they are informal and expectations are low - paper plates, kids are running around, serve yourself whatever food is put out and available. But, if it rains, I'd be in trouble, so if we cant use our outside deck and yard, it would be too many people.

I just made the list for Halloween, and it got to 50 people in a blink, since a lot of families have 2 and 3 kids.

If you enjoy hosting, how do you handle this? Just stop hosting since you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or leave someone out?

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