You have a group of friends but you are not super close with any of them. Some are in the neighborhood and some from work. Over the years you have been invited to multiple home parties by various members of the group. You want to host a party at your home but are afraid that only a few people will actually show up. Have you ever held a party and you were embarassed because only a few people showed up?
Depends. If there’s ever been few enough RSVPs Its not worthy of a party, I’ll make a sub-group and suggest something else: cinema trip, pub, or just dinner round mine or something. Yeah, it can feel bad especially when reasons given for not being able to come seem spurious or easily worked around. But then again, sometimes I’m just not in the mood for other people’s parties either.