As previously mentioned, you should have a moving-out party to unwind with your old friends and family before skipping town. However, if the old axiom is true, there’s no such thing as too many parties, so you might as well have another one when you move in.
When contemplating having a moving-in party, you’re going to be confronted with a very tough question: who do I invite? The answer is everybody. Use it as a way to meet new people.
If you’re going to have a moving-in party, give yourself two weeks to set up your home and acquaint yourself with the neighborhood. Then get to planning. Here’s who to invite:
- Coworkers – you might not know them well yet, but you are both aware of each other. That’s enough.
- Friends/family – even the ones you rarely talk to but who happen to be in your new city.
- Neighbors – don’t worry about inviting the entire neighborhood, but do tell your immediate neighbors.
- Anyone else who you fancy – that guy you met on the bus, your new hairstylist, your kid’s new best friend’s parents… whoever.
- Friends of friends – tell all the above to invite whoever.
If you just get yourself out there and offer some food and drinks, you should have a pretty killer moving-in party on hand in no time.