Before I bought my little house, I looked at a tiny condo that was 400 SF (40 M2). I thought I could live there, since I used to live in Paris, and 40 SM was acutally pretty good for Paris. I ended up getting a little house (900SF/90SM) because I work from home, needed an office, and wanted a garden.

There's no way I could have had more than a couple of people over at that condo. It was efficiently laid out with lots of storage, and even with the best space saving everything that Ikea has to offer, it still would have been a 3- or 4-butt space.

Luckily, I guess, I don't have many friends here since I'm still relatively new here and work from home. I just haven't met many people. But once the kitchen is done, I'm going to have the few friends I have over.

It sounds fine to meet people elsewhere and keep your space as private living space.