Translations:Creating the Right Guest List/10/en

Many hosts describe a useful practice of thinking about each guest twice: once as an individual they want to see, and once as part of the group they are creating. A person who is delightful one-to-one may be strained in a particular combination, and that observation says nothing negative about them.

| Safety=Guest lists are, among other things, a safety decision, particularly when a gathering takes place in a private home. Inviting someone into personal space involves a degree of trust that public venues do not require, and hosts retain the right to be deliberate about extending it.