My latest for
Momversation is a great topic. As I say in the video, I love my husband, I love my boys, but boys are not good at certain things like gossip and getting excited over bra and panties sales and the newest color of OPI nail polish. I love
my girls; they are the most gorgeous and hysterical women I know. I feel recharged after going with them to take a little time for myself. It's a must: I work many hours a week, have two little boys in my constant care, and homeschool. A ladies' night out is a respite from my many demands and their support is better than any therapy.
(Over the weekend I
hosted some of them at my house for a - I FORBID YOU TO GAG - "Twilight" movie-watching party. We made mixed drinks (including my friend Laura's "vampire blood" concoction which tasted like whiskey. Whiskey
lit on fire), ate pizza, and watched both the film and the special features, narrating
a la MST 3000 through the entire thing. Chris stuck his finger down his throat and rolled his eyes as he left to go see "The Watchmen.")
What about you? Do you have a ladies' night out?
Sigh. I wish. Sounds like you had so much fun! What Chris did reminds me so much like something my hubby would do. lol Then again, I'm that way when he and his 'guys' talk football so..
Gotta blow off steam after weeks of endless work & not being able to even take a working vacation. Yes. I do have what some might call a "girl's night" from time to time. I do, however, hate that label & we do invite boys sometimes--friends that are boys or sometimes a husband or boyfriend or two. Only certain ones, though. The boys that are fun, do not get jealous or do not hit on the single girls in our group, then call us the next day when said girl is at their house to ask what their name is again...are the only ones allowed. I think it's what you do and how you act that's important. Maybe it's what you might call an "excursion", Dana. Do you end up on the east side at the end of the night sometimes?
i have a "girlz weekend" every 6 months. it's required since i also have 2 small boys, a husband, and a boy dog. every 6 months, 10 or so of us hit the road to the "lake house" for a full weekend of movies, drinks, pjs, gossip, junk food, laughing, crying, and sleeping without having to have any responsibilities for anyone but ourselves. it's great!! it refreshes me every time and i look forward to each one for all 6 months!!
I wish! Right now all of my best gal friends, except for 1, live at least 1.5 hours away. (1.5 hrs, 4 hrs, 3 hrs, 6 hrs and 12 hrs....) I long for a *group* of friends again. In fact, have been praying for one (why not?!) for over a year now!
I don't do it nearly enough, but I'm getting better. I have to say, though, that I was about to gag on your movie choice until you said you did the MST3K voice over. Now I think we could be friends.
*grin*
Yes! We try to get out every 4-8 weeks! There is one this Friday (which...sigh...I cannot attend). We do EVERYTHNIG! From backyard get togethers, trips to the Lake House, dinner out and shooting pool at the local dive bar. The best thing is that it is such a revolving group. There is always some new mom there and we enjoy getting to know her as well as catching up with the mom that we haven't seen for a few months. We enjoy each others company so much that some of us are going to attempt to get our husbands in on the action and have a group date night! Any suggestions?
Please tell me you watched it with the commentary on? Cause Rob Pattinson cracks me up when he talks about himself in this movie. If you haven't watched it like that yet, you need to. It's awesome.
Man, I must be such a maw maw because I don't even think about a girl's night out. That would mean that I would have to take a bath, fix my hair, put make up on and drive somewhere. I really should get out more.
YES, I love Girls' nights! None of my friends are Mamas yet, but we're all either married or engaged, so we can get together, and hang out as late as we want, just gabbing, eating, and drinking for the whole evening. And then there are the days when my Mama and I get to have the night to ourselves, just talking, laughing (a LOT of that!), and working through stuff together. It's something I know I can't live without. My own oasis from the rest of the world every two months or so. I only hope that I can keep it up once I become a Mama too!
Here's great topic for Momversation and conversation in general: opposite-sex friendships. Ladies, how do your husbands and boyfriends feel about you having platonic friendships with men? Have you had to kick any of your male friends to the curb because of your husband's insecurities? And how do you feel about your man being "pals" with that woman at work, the gym, etc.?
I wish I had a girls' night out. But: a) I'm sort of in that limbo place where my friends and I seem to be splitting in different directions, seeing as I'm married and having a baby and they're, yeah, totally not interested, and b) I'm too poor to afford actually going out and doing something.
Maybe in a few years?
Before having kids, I didn't have any girlfriends either... not real girlfriends at least. Now, I am so lucky to have a group of women to lean on. We don't get out often (one of us always seems to have an infant these days), but will have sleepovers and once the kids are in bed we'll stay up way too late eating junk food, watching movies and gabbing. After one of these sessions I always feel like it's been too long and why do we wait to get together?
I maintain it's far harder to make friends as a mom than dating ever was. Not only do you have to find people you like, but now you have your whole parenting style and (at least for me) it's hard to be friends with someone I don't jive with in the whole parenting department.
I live for girl's night. Sometimes it's a big group, and sometimes it's just a few of us. We talk everything, from shoes to politics, to kids and saving the world. I always come away with a new perspective and thankful that I have such a great support group.
I know, I know. A little behind. I'm reading archives, so forgive me. I didn't know you were here 'til I found you.
GNO typically takes place once a month. We, however, are very fertile beings and haven't had a GNO with drinks included in quite some time. And the last of our bunch to have kids is now in the process of The Attempt. We wish her luck. And really look forward to GNO WITH drinks someday!
My girls, too, are the most beautiful, creative and funny people I know. Much like Husband and Daughters, I can't imagine my life without them. They're like the Cliffnotes to my Memoir.