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[quote=Anonymous]We used to do a ton of entertaining (kids are 4 and 6), including lots of playdates (at least 2-3 per month), a few big parties per year like our annual Halloween party, 4th of July BBQ, and annual Christmas Eve party, as well as inviting 2-3 families over for pizza and game night or Sunday brunch once every other month.  I'd say maybe 1 or 2 people ever reciprocated.

We got annoyed that no one ever reciprocated.  We were spending a lot of time and energy into making sure we were hosting welcoming and fun events with nice food.  We decided to just stop.  So this year we pretty much stopped entertaining at all.  We still did our 4th of July party and our Halloween party but we stopped inviting people over for smaller events like playdates or brunches at our house.  To make sure our kids got more social time, we enrolled them in more activities after school and on the weekends.

I must say that I'm happier now that I no longer entertain often.  I was always getting annoyed at the lack of reciprocation because I was raised that if someone invites you, you invite them or reciprocate in some way.  Most people here don't seem to care about that.

After we stopped entertaining, 2 of the families we had invited over most often stepped up and started reciprocating.  I think they realized that we had stopped inviting them. So that has been a nice change.[/quote]

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