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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I would like to start having dinner parties with friends and colleagues. For the past several years, we have neglected friends because of two kids (they are under 5) and my grad school (I also work full-time). We literally barely had time for our family and household chores. Now that the kids are at the stage where they don't need constant attention and can play by themselves for a bit and my grad school is over, we'd like to reconnect with friends. But I feel like my social skills are lacking.

I am a good cook and enjoy company. But I am really afraid of what to talk about with people. With my girlfriends, when it's just two to several of us, we always find topics to discuss. But what do you do with couples that you don't know as well? With several co-workers with whom I am very friendly at work and have a lot to talk about, there's never any silence. But when spouses are present it's different, and awkward silence appears.

How do you do dinner parties with one-two couples that are actually fun and not awkward? Do you play games? Any advice is appreciaed! :)
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