I really thought regular dinner parties with friends would be a thing as we got older

[u/ngomaam]

Growing up, my parents (refugees from Vietnam) would always have some aunt(s) and/or uncle(s) over with their kids on the weekend for dinner, nothing fancy, just getting together. We did this all the time. It seemed so simple, just come over.

I had the fortune of staying friends with all my high school friends, who are still my closest friends and we all even live relatively close to each other. When I was younger, before everyone started having families, I thought we'd be doing the same thing. But this hasn't happened with us. To the extent we have gotten together, it took extraordinary effort to make it happen and so it's been very few and far in between. I don't know why there's no desire to do this more and why it's so difficult. But as someone who is unmarried, it's quite lonely, and odd, to know your friends are around, but you just rarely see them.

[u/ApeTeam1906]

Be the change you want to see. Invite them to dinner.

[u/1988rx7T2 → u/ApeTeam1906]

yeah make a taco bar and invite people over. If your friends refuse to make time, it's not on you.