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a way to break their stalemate. Instead
of focusing on the number of dinner
parties they’d give, they started talking
about the format of the parties. Instead
of seating everyone around a big table,
which would require the kind of allhands
conversational multitasking
Emily dislikes so much, why not serve
dinner buffet style, with people eating
in small, casual conversational groupings
on the sofas and floor pillows?
This would allow Greg to gravitate to
his usual spot at the center of the room
and Emily to hers on the outskirts,
where she could have the kind of
intimate, one-on-one conversations she
enjoys.
This issue solved, the couple was
now free to address the thornier question
of how many parties to give. After
some back-and-forth, they agreed on
two evenings a month—twenty-four
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