<p>We have several distinct groups of friends, and our customary way of getting together is to have dinner at someone’s house. I personally love to cook and entertain, so I don’t find this way burdensome at all. IME, going out to dinner gets very expensive very quickly, and requires that you (a) sit still for the entire dinner, and (b) only see each other for two or so hours, and © only sit next to the same two people for the entire event. Not lively enough for me. </p>
<p>One of the couples hosts a Super Bowl party and another hosts a New Year’s Eve party every year. I also have breakfast with one group of women on the first Saturday of every month.</p>
<p>Email is the usual way we correspond, which seems to suit us all.</p>