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[quote=Anonymous]I might be considered someone who reciprocates less.  We'll entertain small groups of family and close friends on a fairly regular basis, and have a great time.  But, for "work" friends, I think we reciprocate much less compared with the invitations we get.  We invite just our close work friends over.

The main reason is that DH is not big on entertaining--  I think I get more stressed about everything being perfect, and he doesn't like that.  When we're home, he just wants to relax.

Also he's not quite an introvert but he just likes being with close friends and family, and doesn't really like mingling or superficial conversations.  And he doesn't like the 'schmoozing' (word I'll use loosely) at a professional event.

Plus, a reason why we don't host large gatherings of work friends is that the work friends all know pretty much exactly what everyone else makes.  The people who entertain most from those circles tend to have the largest and most expensive homes.  Neither of us works in a big law firm anymore but this issue was especially significant during those years.  We've always lived below our means and our place is nice but small.  We've gotten some negative/odd comments from a small few, and so don't really care to host large work gatherings if that's what would happen.  I know most people aren't like this, but when one or a small number make such a comment, it makes me unlikely to host future gatherings.
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