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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is your husband unnerved by big to-dos? Like multi-course dinners or other fancier events, or does he get nervous if it's just another couple over for a casual brunch or a few guys to watch football? If the latter, maybe the type of get together is weighing on him, and he may be more comfortable with a casual type of get together.[/quote]

OP here. I think he gets unnerved by having kids over. Before we had DS we'd entertain a few times a year and it was pretty much ok. Our friends knew him and could laugh off his tendencies to start cleaning up early, but he gets stressed that kids will make a mess and that their parents won't be watching them/intervening.

I have a "we don't live in a museum" attitude, so it's a bit different. I want to start inviting some of DS's friends and their families over for casual play dates but don't want people we don't know well to feel uncomfortable when DH spends the whole time cleaning up behind people and looking annoyed. I don't want to be known as the family who doesn't reciprocate invites. I also feel like we'd probably be invited to more things if we hosted more often. I feel like it would be awkward to invite people to a restaurant and then pay for them when we don't have a standing relationship already. I'm trying to cultivate more social relationships for us and DS beyond our primary circle of friends. 
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