Would you rather entertain or be entertained as a guest?

Do you prefer to be the host or the guest? or both? or neither? and why?

Someone asked a question similar to this over on Askville months ago, and I answered it and then forgot about it. A nice woman in Michigan has just seen my answer, liked it, and sent me a message. I thought it might be interesting to see how people answer it over here.

It’s especially timely for me because I have started to plan a party for October and now am having second thoughts just because of my lack of ease in hosting events. So it’s a good time to think it through.

I’ll post my own response from there somewhere below, presently.