Unplanned

“You should join us for Tuesday night dinners,” he said. “This Tuesday?” I asked. “Any Tuesday. Just show up at my place and they’ll be food and people.” “I’ll have to check my calendar and get back to you,” I said. “You don’t have to tell me if you’re coming or not. You can just…

On Invitations and Planning

On Friday, a woman was described to me this way: “She was the kind of person who never turned down an invitation.  She said if she did, they might stop asking.”  I’ve seen that from both sides.  I’ve stopped asking people that continually turn me down.  I’ve also been the one to repeatedly turn down…