Empress_Owl: Aaaaaaah, pheeew :-D
Yes... one has a headache and cancelled yesterday, but i saw it after we made the sangria... two others are invited by the lady's mom tomorrow, and since they have a long way to go, they cancelled here (2 days ago though, so it's ok)... and the other 3 who should have come cancel right now, for a dumb reason (she had a pain in the eye in the morning ; and a wedding tomorrow ; now her headache (?) is getting better, but she thinks she'd rather stay with her daughter because she doesn't see her much... and on top of everything, she offers to do another tapas party next time, when "everybody will be available and in better shape"... >:-| ... not very surprised though, it's the "friend" who blows a fuse every 6 months and yell at us that we are horrible friends. I'm fed up with her, really... i'm not going to do any further effort toward her, i'm done.)
will you share your recipes with us when you're done ?... :-P
Some of that sounds valid, some of it sounds like total crap.
But on the bright side, even with the worst case scenario it's you making something to eat and having the sangria to yourself. ;)
I can see why you would be. Problems are one thing, everyone has problems. But the explosive meltdown that shows up like clockwork seems to indicate that they're either oblivious, or they take it for granted that they can scream at everyone when they want and the people will still hang around.
Sure, if you'd like. Will probably end up making a day of it, do a bunch of cooking, put a menu together that meshes well.