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[quote=Anonymous]I think you’re running into a few problems here. 1), you only have one child (I do as well so this isn’t coming from a whiny, “oh it’s so easy for you” place). If your friends have multiple children, they’re going to be content to just let siblings play together and won’t host play dates as they will feel there is no need. 2), families with multiple kids often feel more stretched and busy with kid activities (if older kids) or just babies/toddlers being, well, babies/toddlers if younger. 3), there are a lot of transplants without immediate family in the area but there are also a lot of people with parents, siblings, in-laws, etc. fairly close by - let’s say within a 2 hour drive - so on holidays it’s easy for them to get together with family on the holidays. They might not even be home to host anyone else - they might be at Grandma’s house in Baltimore or Winchester. 4), you’ve gotten people into the habit of expecting that you’ll host play dates, parties, etc. so now you’re the host and they don’t even have to worry about it, just show up.

I know it sucks but I believe most people don’t mean to be rude about this. At least you have people coming over and that’s something to be proud of. I’ve hosted and had 2 people out of 12 show up - 6 flat out declines, 6 accepts with 4 last minute cancellations of anything from “we decided to take the boat out this weekend” to “family brought us tickets to Busch gardens” to just not showing up and not saying anything. [/quote]

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