DEAR ERIC: For more than 30 years my husband and I hosted extended family, friends and neighbors for multiple occasions every year, including Christmas Day with gifts, kid’s birthdays, bridal and baby showers and our daughters’ milestones.

Also, every year we threw a big Fourth of July party and included our neighbors with swimming, barbecue and tickets to our town’s fireworks event where I brought desserts and coffee, etc.

These occasions were wonderful, and everyone always seemed to have a great time, however, planning, preparing and hosting all of these events with both of us working full time was extremely stressful and costly.

After 30 years, we decided that we were done playing host, with the exception of our daughters’ families.

Now we hardly ever see these former guests and whe

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