Is my apartment unsuitable for visitors?
Among our friends and colleagues, we meet at someone's house every few weeks from the afternoon until late in the evening to cook together, play games, watch football, and much more. We haven't been doing this for very long; we've only just started, but it's great.
In my case, however, I live in a shared apartment with three other people—more precisely, a community of convenience. I don't talk to these people much, and I don't know them well. Apart from that, everyone does their own thing, and we don't have any problems with each other.
In my apartment (I'm the main tenant), there's always, let's say, a lot of activity. Two of my roommates are students. Another, like me, works, but we earn very little, so we joined forces to share the costs.
I have my own private room, but due to space constraints it is not possible to spend an evening together.
There is no shared living room and the only large room where you can have a game night and watch TV is the kitchen, where we also have a large table and there would be room for everyone.
However, there's a lot of activity in the apartment. Someone comes in or goes out every half hour, and these people usually cook at different times. So it's entirely possible that we're sitting in the kitchen while someone else is cooking or something, or that we're watching football while the other person eats, for example. It's never bothered me that much; I just don't know how it will come across when I have visitors.
I've already talked to my roommates about inviting a larger group, and they haven't had any problems. They also sometimes invite someone over, and it gets a bit loud.
What do you think? Does it make sense to have a game night or something like that together if we're not really alone?
You should deal with the people you want to invite.
I don't see any problems. If your roommates join us, if they like, you'll get to know them better.
Try this once and see if it works.