When was the last time you hosted (at home) a group of more than four people who weren't family members?

I gave a party for Xmas in December 2019. I am planning one this year and have invited about 10 people. I’m very excited.

Probably 2015, as that was the last year I did multi-person holiday dinners. I enjoyed doing the big events for many years, but now that I have discovered the art of not doing big events, I like that a bit better. I hosted Waifs and Strays holidays for so long, in three states, I feel like I’ve done my bit. Now, if someone invites me someplace for something, I am delighted, but 8 have no desire to do more than have an occasional friend over.

4 friends came for the weekend about 8 years ago. No occasion.

About three or four times this summer. Two happy hours for neighborhood people and two different book club meetings. All on the outside deck.

Never. We don’t know anyone. We’ll I don’t. Rick knows everybody.

@Dutchess_III, if a few of us jellies came over, would you let us in?

Yes. Of course. But I’d have to apologize for the house.

@Dutchess_III, you know us. If I ever get back to Kansas, I’m coming over. Just find me a place to sit and make me some tea and we’ll talk. I don’t care what the house looks like. If there’s a cat, so much the better.

I think the second to the last time was 1981 (wow, 40 years ago). My friend finally passed his bar exam, so we celebrated with various substances.

The last time was before I married my wife. It was 1994: she, her mother, sister, and her nieces were just lounging around, waiting to go to dinner.
It was an Estrofestivus miracle! :D

Last 4th of July. 6 of us. Smoked salmon on the Webber BBQ.

In my house – a few years, for sure.

I’ve hosted parties at other locations, for my daughter’s birthdays. 99% of the kids’ birthday parties that my daughter was invited to were not at the home of the birthday kid – they’re almost always somewhere else (gymnastics place, movies, etc.).

Probably holidays 2019.

I do enjoy it but we are the only ones who live here with our parents, so it was kind of expected. After 10 years of hosting, buying and clean up, it’s been nice to have it at a restaurant or my uncles home.

Last week. I host a Boardgame group every month.

@rockfan That is something I would like to do. I almost had it set up just before lockdown in March 2020, I am hoping to actually begin such a thing with a few friends in 2022.

Pre-pandemic, a few months before the March 2020 lockdown.

Paul and I hosted a small, neighborhood meet-and-greet for a local politician. I’d set up a buffet of pastries and beverages, and people asked questions and interacted with the candidate.

1999, about.
Ah, no, not even, two of the four was a couple, of whom one was my brother….
I guess never then.

I live on a lake, so I can have people over to the lake and they will come in to use the bathroom, but spend the rest of the time outside, at the lake or on the deck. I have people over all summer long, doing that. I don’t consider that “hosting at home” but I guess it is.

The last time was in the Spring of 2018 (pre-COVID). It was for five other women for dinner. The guests were my best friend in the UK, and four of her friends that I find delightful.

I like entertaining but I find it a bit of a strain. Entertaining groups of more than four people is no longer a part of my lifestyle. The last time I did this would have been a birthday celebration in the late 20th Century.

It was more than four whenever our best friends and their kids came over. But it’s been a while now since I moved from my hometown. Now I live close to family but haven’t made many real friends. I know a lot of people but am not close to them.

I hosted a party on July 4th with about 30 people, and a 4 day event Sept 29— Oct 2 with about 15 people. In both cases I asked that everyone be vaccinated.
Since I knew everyone attending, I did not have to check.
I did have a NYS Excelsior Pass scanner if anyone wanted to try it out and verify that their records matched.

Both of these events were greatly scaled down from previous years. I usually have 60–80 people on July 4th and 30–40 for the 4 day event.

My brother and his husband had me and a couple of neighbors for dessert tonight. He toasted to having guests for the first time in 18 months.

I was surprised. I did not realize they had refrained for so long. They LOVE entertaining. They have enough equipment, dishes, and utensils to cater events. And they do cater for friends and family.

3 weeks ago. It was my turn to host Book Club.
4 weeks ago. A close friend, his wife and their 2 adult children. It was a weekend dinner and card playing after. They are close friends who have take Covid very seriously. I have associated with them many ties through Covid knowing how carefully we all are treating it.

I don’t ever think I have, maybe in my barracks room a long time ago to drink some beers with some guys before we went out for the night, but I’ve always attended parties at someone else’s house.

7 years ago. I can’t believe it. I used to do it at least three times a year.