u/The_Long_Table

If you are active on Reddit you might you might have heard of The Long Table Supper Club, so here's why I started it...
I realised that to meet new people is not easy, and tbh networking events dont seem to work for me and on reddit it was confirmed by the amount of posts, thats when i came across the idea of dinners with strangers, good food and no pressure to do anything and i started one of my own.

now i wanted to keep it intentional so i made a form so that i would be able to know who was coming so to create a group that would enjoy spending an evening together

honestly before the first event i was so nervous that I wanted to cancel it every hour before it started. but it went super good people literally canceled other plans and stayed long after the dinner was over to make plans for another meet, that gave me the confidence to move ahead.
after that event the people who couldn't attend literally texted me to ask for the next and that felt like I was really doing something.

this made me realise that this supper club is my chance to take risks and do things i would normally wont do and grow and learn from the mistakes and honestly I messed up many things but I am learning from this and improving every event.

so what started as an idea to eat with new people literally is turning in a community of fun people

For people who's tried to build something social in Jaipur — what's been the hardest part? would appreciate the constructive criticism and if someone is interested they are wholly welcome..

nah but seriously. was super caught up with some stuff and literally haven't been on here in forever.

but i was thinking - the one thing i actually miss is hosting people. which is random because i didn't expect it to stick with me like that

genuinely the conversations were just different, you know? people actually talking about real stuff instead of the usual cafe small talk bullshit. everyone just... present

the crazy part was how easy it worked when the mix was right. you'd get someone doing tech, someone in design, someone between jobs, random travelers - and somehow it just clicked. no awkwardness after the first 30 minutes. just good food and actual conversation

missed it more than i thought i would tbh.

so random question - if I decided to do the supper club again, would anyone actually be interested? or did everyone move on

no pressure or anything. genuinely just wondering if people would want to try it again

also what have you all been up to? anyone doing cool things or just existing in autopilot mode

Ok so listen me out, I've been hosting these random dinners in Jaipur where strangers from the internet show up and eat together (Supper clubs), and I Realized something: This is peak Indian behavior.

We're the country that:
- Feeds neighbors we barely talk to during festivals
- Offers chai to the electrician who came to fix the fuse
- Makes guests eat till they're physically uncomfortable
- Sends people home with dabba of leftovers

Somewhere along the way, cities made us forget this. Everyone's isolated in apartments, ordering Swiggy alone, eating in front of Netflix. But the moment you put food in front of Indians? The DNA kicks in, conversations flow like rivers and often I have to extend the decided time. TBH I don't mind cuz I enjoy it.

That's the India I want to live in.

Anyone else feeling like we've lost this somewhere?