Great lunch yesterday with two wonderful families in the area.
At one point, the conversation turned to how you deal with the fact that you sometimes feel “obliged” to invite/’re-pay"’ another family, even though you may not be so enthusiastic about spending time with them (or perhaps you’d prefer to spend your time with another family/friend).
To protect yourself against a not so good time, we all admitted to having a few “buffer families.”
They are those you can invite to help ensure that you will have a good time and buffer you against less than ideal guests/companions.
Come on, admit it…do you have “go-to” buffer guests or friends? ;-)