Not only are X and Y close to you, but you know that they are also close to each other; this is why you can invite them both at the same time.
Noting that I consider this to be a very important quality. There’s a 6 person friend group from high-school that I’m still in regular contact with, and it has a lot to do with the fact that any subset of us can enjoy each other’s company.
I’ve recently started hosting dinner parties and inviting various friends, and I’m now thinking about how to make it easier for them to all connect together, so it’s more of a community feel and less “We all know Hazard.”
It sometimes works, and it sometimes doesn’t. The question is whether the only thing X and Y have in common is knowing you—in which case it likely won’t scale, -- or whether you have selected them both for the same reason (perhaps one you couldn’t even articulate explicitly, but it’s real and they feel it too) -- in which case it could work.
Noting that I consider this to be a very important quality. There’s a 6 person friend group from high-school that I’m still in regular contact with, and it has a lot to do with the fact that any subset of us can enjoy each other’s company.
I’ve recently started hosting dinner parties and inviting various friends, and I’m now thinking about how to make it easier for them to all connect together, so it’s more of a community feel and less “We all know Hazard.”
It sometimes works, and it sometimes doesn’t. The question is whether the only thing X and Y have in common is knowing you—in which case it likely won’t scale, -- or whether you have selected them both for the same reason (perhaps one you couldn’t even articulate explicitly, but it’s real and they feel it too) -- in which case it could work.