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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Potluck a are great.  My friends get that we are all working full time and each have lots of kids.  We love getting together and want to make it easy for each other.  We genuinely care for each other and would rather get together than not.  If this means bringing food to make it happen, then all the better.[/quote]

+100. We host non-potlucks too, depending on the type of party, but in our neighborhood we do potlucks all the time just because it's so easy for everyone to bring one thing (plus we are surrounded by awesome cooks and all love discovering and scoring each others' recipes). The few non-cooks in the neighborhood bring the drinks or the chips or the veggie/fruit platter, and that's great too because every potluck needs those things. What a weird thing to get pissed off about! Learn to be sociable![/quote]

Another +1.  We rarely host so-called formal dinners, but often have one or more families over and we prepare or purchase all food, but often someone will bring wine or a dessert.

We also throw one major party a year on Labor Day weekend and invite upwards of fifty friends and neighbors.  It's a casual backyard affair that usually lasts all afternoon and evening.  For that we ask that each family consider bringing a side dish or dessert.  We provide all the main course and drinks, as well as a side and dessert ourselves.  Almost everyone comes each year and everyone seems to have a great time at such a large event which we couldn't afford to do out of pocket if we provided everything.  Plus, DH and I both work full-time so there's no way I could even prepare that much food.

There are many ways to entertain, and depending on the circumstances, they both work for us and our circle of friends.[/quote]

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