<p>In my household before my divorce, it was just the opposite – my ex organized the dinner parties, constantly. It was exhausting. One thing I do miss is that he used to have Friday night “open house” style dinners for whoever was around in our particular group of friends. He’d cook big batches of pasta or grill large quantities of chicken and veggies for whoever showed up. It retrospect it was nice but I used to complain about the constant entertaining. </p>