Stop Herding Cats: How to Actually Schedule That Dinner

We are nearly at the end of January. How is that "host more" resolution going?

If you haven't managed to get a date on the calendar yet, don't beat yourself up. We know exactly why it hasn’t happened. It’s the dreaded Group Chat Spiral.

You know the drill: You text five friends proposing a Saturday dinner. Two don’t reply for 48 hours. One can only do Friday. Another is free Saturday but is training for a marathon and needs to eat at 5:00 PM. By the time you wrangle everyone, you’re too exhausted to cook.

The hassle of scheduling is the number one killer of dinner party aspirations.

It’s time to stop herding cats via text message. This is exactly why we created the scheduling features in the Cheers! Party Planner app.

Instead of the endless back-and-forth, you simply propose a few dates through the app. Your friends vote on what works best for them. The app finds the consensus date and locks it in. Done.

It turns a week-long headache into a three minute task.

If you want to make connection a habit in 2026, you have to remove the friction. Download Cheers!, propose a date for early February right now, and reclaim the joy of gathering without the “Well, what about this date?” back-and-forth.

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