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Red Hat Society?
| Sat, 03-06-2010 - 9:21pm |
Anyone belong to it? What do you think?
I joined this week and was thinking of upgrading to head a chapter, there is only 1 in my zip code, and that is hard for me to believe in an urban area.
But I am not as outgoing as a lot of the members seem to be. I was a painfully shy child and at 16 I had an epiphany as I was starting a new summer job at a day camp and no one knew me there, and I didn't have to be so shy anymore. It is sometimes still not easy, dh is much more outgoing and welcoming than I am, and I will have to actually work at it, but it sounds like fun.




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I don't (because I work during the day) but one of our fellow Ladybugs, BB, belongs and is quite active in her group...although she doesn't head up her group...i.e. she's not the "Queen Mother." I'll give her a heads up and have her stop by and give you an answer to your post.
In peace,
Max
To a Mom, they'll always be little.
Even princesses have their off days.
In peace,
Max
The closest one for me would be in Omaha I think.....3 hr drive to far for meetings...lol.....
We have one of our campers who belongs in AZ.....
I attended a meeting - once. My feeling is that existing members should make an effort to get to know the newbies and make them feel welcome. These gals all knew each other from work/town and gossiped the whole time. I probably said about 10 words the whole meeting.
That's when I came to realize that just because you are the same age, doesn't mean you have much in common. My DH has always said that the best later-in-life friendships grow from a common interest - hobby, church, etc. I agree. I'm meeting a lot of neat people through my new interest in quilting. Nice part is they don't expect me to even produce a quilt yet! They are perfectly happy discussing techniques and sharing info on best shows, best places to shop, best websites, etc. In between quilt talk, we chat about family and get to know each other better.
Jacquie
See that's part of the reason I'm thinking some folks start
In peace,
Max
Max, I'm glad you were able to join a Red Hat society.
K
That is the whole thing....I think if you just move into an area and get to know some of the women first makes it a little easier. I know this isn't the way it should be but I was born and raised Catholic.. My Mom was Luthern....and she converted. We went to church when we were supposed to etc, mom a couple times went to Alter Society but she quit, she said she felt uncomfortable.....At a church thing?
When I got married my DMIL took me to join the AS in the town we were living in. I was only 16 the youngest and no one said more than 2 words to me.. I went one more time but then quit. The point I am making I guess is that when I was a lot older and moved over 100 miles away I went to AS and even though by then I wasn't the youngest, the feeling was just the same and after a few months I quit...same thing happened to me that happened to my mom...when ever they needed work done or donations or potatoes and pies etc I was top on their list. But when it came time to do the serving and organizing we were never given a chance....would we have been good? Who knows....
Anyway, I found that you don't have to have a name behind your group....like AS or Red Hat...you can find friends that want to have a coffee or what ever once a month and you can call it anything you like..... When we were having chat nite on iV I used to tell Del I was going to go to talk to my garden friends.....lol....
On that same note....we used to have Boys Scouts here and being such a few boys the BSA rules were very hard to keep around here.
So a few young men started a boys group where they would do a lot of the same things as BSA but no patches, no awards, when one boy got good at something he would help the others etc....they would have campouts and fishing etc but without strings....it was more like coffees......the boys hardly ever missed a monthly meeting and they would all get a pat on the back....it don't always have to be structured....
I am down off my stand now.....lol......but when you are with people you really like doing something that everyone likes makes for a happier life.....in my opinion....
Retired and lovin'it.
Well I know what you mean, I was in a teen service organization, I was in two different chapters over my adolescence, one was when I was still shy, the other was after, and I never assumed any leadership positions in either, although I think I had more fun when I was older.
In peace,
Max
Max, I've been MIA, sorry to take so long commenting on your post.
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