What do you do if you only have like two friend (who don't know each other) these days, and you want to get them to invite their friends... I'm planning a thing for the 8th and super worried it's going to be like 4 of us and we're going to hate it.

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GrifMD 4 days ago | parent [-]

You've gotta change it from "you're throwing a party" to "we're throwing party".

Or just ask them to invite some people man, don't stress.

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nixpulvis 4 days ago | parent [-]

Yea I have. Still waiting to hear confirmation that anyone they know is coming... but that still only puts us at like 6 people :/

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komali2 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

One time I swiped a shitload of girls on Tinder and just invited a bunch of them to a party I was throwing where I had the same issue. I told them what I was doing and said bring whoever.

In 15 years of throwing banger parties it was by far and away the most absurdly over the top, yet somehow also the most wholesome, party I've ever thrown. Actually I'm not sure why I haven't done it again now that I think about it. And the ratio of girls to boys + enbies was like, 5:1, absolutely ridiculous.

Anyway you could try it?

Another time I threw a party on Meetup.com and had a bunch of old people show up, who ended up getting turnt the fuck up. I made a lot of good software industries connections that night and it was early in my career so that was very useful as well.

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jama211 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You’ve either gotta pivot the event from a party (where attendance is considered optional) to a specific gathering/dinner event or something, where people will feel like attendance is more expected. Or, have a frank conversation with your guests about your worries and expectations and see what comes with it.

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ryanmentor 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Go make some friends.

I invite people to events almost every time I go out and talk to people.

	▲	johnnyanmac 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		>I go out and talk to people. Well there's the first issue. That's harder and harder to do in this economy, and the quality of people I meet aren't exactly the ones who won't flake 80% of invites.