Hi, all, I'm wondering if any of you guys have any tips for throwing a successful party that includes multiple social groups.
As you may or may not know, me and my brother have the house to ourselves for a whole three weeks, and probably on Friday Oct. 2, we are hoping to throw a party.
I want to invite a bunch of people, more than I would usually invite, since without my mom in the house, it's a bit more free to use more floors and more rooms. My friends aren't the type to get rowdy, but not having my mom around at least means having more space to have more people over and groups can separate if they don't feel comfortable mingling.
But of course I'd rather not have people stay apart too much, I wouldn't feel like a good host if I couldn't keep people entertained, which is hard to do if we have clumps of people that stay together and apart from the others.
I'm hoping to invite some of the more outgoing people that would be willing to reach out to others. For example, one girl I know from church is really into scrapbooking and making custom greeting cards (
http://lydzcardstudio.blogspot.com), and so I mentioned her to my co-workers who might be interested in meeting her. I know some of my closer friends who are females would be able to chat up a storm with a co-worker who knows everything there is to know about shoes.
Though moreso than trying to entertain multiple groups, maybe I'm really just hoping the women can entertain themselves while I play video games with the rest of the guys. :p Most of the guys, regardless of how they know me, can get along fine by picking up a game controller, even with three other guys they may not know at all. I guess us guys are pretty easy to get along with.
Still, though. Considering the potential number of people coming, concerns remain. Anyone have any tips on how to throw a good party?
