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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I entertain every weekend, all summer. We're not from here originally, we have had to make all our hang-out friends by just reaching out and inviting people, too.

People around here are unusually busy - I agree with PP that less than a couple weeks' notice usually means people might ignore your invite because they are booked up. Heck, if someone emails me (busy mom, youngest is still a baby) I might not even get around to [i]responding[/i] for nearly a week. If you invited me this week for this upcoming weekend and I WASN'T busy, I'd probably see your email, think "I should respond," forget for a couple of days to because of tiredness or general craziness from work/kids, then feel guilty because there's only 3 days left until the weekend and think "oh crap, I am probably too late to get back to her," then just not respond. But if you gave me a couple weeks, I would be able to respond without feeling awkward because of the too-short turnaround.

I will say, also, you might find success in reaching out to people generally and saying "we'd love to get together in September, what are some dates that work for you?" and plan that way instead of for a specific date/event. This usually works for us when other families are crazy busy but we really want to make time to get together.

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