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[quote=Anonymous]You answered the question in your own post. You like to entertain, so you choose to do it. My neighbors invite us to their big parties (maybe 1-3 a year). We always attend when we can and bring food or drinks, but we have never had them over to our house. We do not entertain at home apart from yearly family gatherings. If we did host events, I would absolutely invite the neighbors. But I’m not going to concoct a party and try to drum up people to come when we are simply not hosts. If your invitation is given only in expectation that we will have you over to a party, I’d rather not be invited. I am not a freeloader and I always ask what I can bring and contribute to the party, and my view is that we go to these events because you like to host and because we both like to socialize together. In my mind it doesn’t matter where we do it and it shouldn’t be a tit for tat tally sheet.

In situations where a friend asks me over for coffee or a daycare parent hosts an individual play date, I absolutely reciprocate. [/quote]

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