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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Neighborhood party -WWYD
My little neighborhood is a bit fractured right now. Lots of in-fighting, board recalls, taking sides, etc. We have a yahoo group that about 65 people are members of. Several times people have mentioned that we should do something positive, like a gtg. I took the initiative and started planning a progressive dinner party (each course is hosted at a different home). When I first mentioned it I got a few positive responses, but when I requested e-mails to send out evites, I got exactly one response. So now I'm embarrassed (and this is basically my worst nightmare as far as putting myself out there and being rejected), and I'm not sure what to do. I have several neighbor friends that aren't part of the yahoo group that I could send the evite to, but really should I just forget the whole thing? If I sent it to the people who responded before, plus my immediate neighbors I would be inviting about 12 couples or so. There are 165 units in our townhouse community,and I'd need at least 3 to volunteer their homes for an hour of hosting. Ugh, I hate planning gtgs!!!
Re: Neighborhood party -WWYD
While I think the progressive dinner is a great idea, for people that don't know each other very well it could be/is intimidating - going into the homes of people they don't know/having essentially strangers in their house...
What about a block party outside - like a potluck, or even just appetizers and drinks out front in a court or something? Bring your own beverage and an app or nibble to share (or not). More casual way to get started, and more inclusive - you can invite everyone in the neighborhood rather than 12 couples.
You could also tie this into National Night Out in August - then some cities will have the firetrucks/police cars drive by to show the kids etc.
If you want something sooner, what about just having the people who said they were interested over for drinks/appetizers or a casual BBQ at your house? You provide the main course and drinks and ask them to bring a side.
I think that you should offer it to the people that aren't on the list and then go and speak with the ones that are on the list but didn't respond. Don't take the whole thing as a rejection. There could be many reasons why people did not respond that could have nothing to do with you as a person. Just didn't get around to it, maybe they feel weird about having strange people in their homes. You never know. Perhaps taking a more personal approach will allow you to see if there is still interest and lure people into making a commitment.
Good Luck!
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