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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s really embarrassing to host a small get together and then have 4 of the 6 people flake a few hours before. This just happened to me, and it made me feel like such a loser. I had beautiful food prepared, had already straightened up, and then had to explain to my 2 guests that it was just us with a giant amount of food. Incredibly rude. [/quote]

You have pretty shitty friends then, sorry. To flake on such a small event is incredibly rude, but it seems like these people aren't as close as you thought they were.[/quote]

I am in a new city & was trying to make friends by hosting something nice. My point is, it’s incredibly rude to cancel (especially last minute). I had a big wonderful group of friends where I used to live, and I cultivated many of those friendships by hosting (and was regarded as a good hostess). Anyway, it was a hurtful, embarrassing experience, and I share it to encourage others to not flake. [/quote]

Since you are offering insight to others may I offer some to you? When you are in the getting to know you phase, planning a party like you did that is highly dependent upon who shows up is a risky way to do it. I'm not a flake and I also don't have people flake on me, but that's either because I don't make friends with people who would flake or I'm careful about planning events to ensure success, I don't know. I think it's lovely that you hosted a party to try to get to know people, but my advice to you would be to do more casual things with people until you get a sense of them. [/quote]

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