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Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over

835 points · 738 comments · barry-cotter

  1. EDEdDNEdDYFaN · · focus · HN ↗
    Feel like part of the issue is everyone’s self imposed neurosis about not intruding on others. My wife insists on not ever asking to come over to someone’s house - she only wants to be explicitly invited. We invite people over to our place when we can but this leads to us basically never visiting any of our friends because they aren’t the planning type.
    1. mepiethree · · focus · HN ↗
      I think it’s harsh to publicly describe your wife as neurotic for following basic etiquette
      1. Klonoar · · focus · HN ↗
        That's not "basic etiquette".

        I've had plenty of people throughout my life express wanting to come over to my place and hang. There's definitely a social grace of how you'd phrase it, but it's not like it's some alien concept.

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