I’ve had multiple guests tell me the day of the tea that they’re no longer able to attend -- for reasons such as being tired, having work to get done or needing to go grocery shopping.
I’ve gone to increasing lengths to formalize the event in the hope that that would build more commitment into the responses, with no success. For the most recent tea, I gave out formal handwritten invitations three weeks in advance, requested and received responses two weeks in advance, and still went from seven expected guests to four within hours of the event.
It’s also been suggested to me that asking someone to bring a dish will make her presence feel more essential and thus make her more likely to attend; I haven’t wanted to pursue that course, either, because I very much prefer to host the tea rather than just organize it.
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