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GTG ideas
So I think we should try to always keep a GTG on the calendar so we don't let too much time pass us by. I have some ideas for 2 different GTG's I think would be nice.
#1- For Sept I was thinking it would be nice to do it at a park and have a BBQ...AND......:::DRUM ROLL PLEASE::: Bring the Husbands! :-) Make it a whole family event. What do you girls think about that? Either way I really like the idea of a park and BBQ when the weather is nicer.
#2- Girls Night Out! No kiddos, fun, maybe a cocktail! I would love to let our hair down and have some fun with just the woman of our group!
thoughts?
Re: GTG ideas
Even if we dont do a family GTG (even though I really want to try) I would like to do a park and BBQ.
I think the park bbq idea is good but I think it would be hard to execute. Somebody (or a few people) would be putting in a lot of work.
And the girls night out idea sounds awesome. I need one really bad!
Good! I want to plan the BBQ and girls nights out asap!
It's really important to me that we do a girls night out. I want ALL our nestie friends to be included and feel comfortable and sometimes it can be baby/kid overload (overloads of fun and love that is) but I am sure people without kids (and mamas too!!!) could appreciate a night out with just the ladies!
Sorry last one.
I also think always having a gtg on the books is a good idea.
Love those ideas! C would definitely go to a BBQ at a park and I'm always up for a girls night out!
Coming up with dates now works for me...Jr League really picks up in the fall and my calendar tends to fill up fast with stuff I have to do for them.
Sounds good to me! :-)
Sorry to hear your DH finds us lame. My H thinks its a great outlet and we have met a ton of great true friends on here! We've been to dinner with Lori and Chris and Amy and George and love them! heck, MH even went to the movies with Amy's niece! Shannon, Leslie, Jen, Amy, Val have all come to my house. I love my nesties and luckily so does MH! we can keep the park to just the girls and kiddos and I will just do dinner with some couples at other times. I wouldn't want anyone to feel uncomfortable.
The grilling part was what I thought might be a lot of work. Also with people showing up at different times and bringing things that are needed. (like say the person with buns ended up being late or something like that).
Well...actually to correct myself. My brother finds the message board lame. My husband says it's not safe. He didn't like me going to Lori's house on Saturday. I told him Val and Shannon were going to be there and that settled his mind a little but he is very paranoid.
If people want to bring their husbands, I have no problems with that at all. I just know that mine wouldn't be able to make it. But I think if other people are in, then go for it. I will just fly solo. I am very used to it.
I'm in for both, but I can't say the same for MH. It's not that he wouldn't go, it's that he's so darn shy that I know he'll be miserable. He's good with one or two people but when it's a big crowd he gets quiet and usually ends up sitting by himself. I'll tell him about it, and you never know, he might surprise me and go.
As for the girl's night out, I'm in, but I probably won't drink. I think it'd be a lot of fun to just go and hang out.
I'm all for setting the dates now. It made it so much easier knowing the date way before. Good ideas Tiff!!
Both sound great to me! In fact I was going to offer up my parents house in Upland as a potential future GTG location. Since my parents are back in Boston for the fall and the house is empty, my folks asked me to check on the house every so often so I cleared it with my boss to work from my parents house the 3rd Friday of every month from Sept - Dec. I figured I'd just bring the dog and stay the wkend so if we need a place for a GTG this fall, I'm def willing to host.
As far as BBQ, I'm not sure about my H, he suprises me sometimes. I would say he wouldnt be into it but when I was leaving for Lori's house on Sat he asked if he could go and if there would be any other husbands there...so who knows, I'd have to run it by him.
Girls night out works for me as long as its the 3rd wkend of the month or on a Saturday
Girls night out sounds faaaaaaaaaaaaaaabulous!
but I really like the BBQ idea with the H's too and G is totally game. The only thing is getting a Saturday off but if we know enough in advance G can get the day off and we can both make it.
BBQ BBQ!... but not November 15th to the 25th ish as I will be gone.
My DH isn't willing, I was just going to force him
He's not comfortable in big groups either but instead of shying away he over compensates and talks real loud and bounces around.
LOL- do we have the same H? Mine hasn't quite learned the beauty of "volume control" or "indoor voices" when it comes to crowds, lol! He can definitely be social (at times, lol) and would probably like a GTG to meet some people in this area.
That sounds like me in a male form
I told Dave about it last night and he said he'd be willing to do it if he could meet a few other husbands before, so I'm dragging his butt to meet George one day soon.
Heehee, your H has a play date!
MH is part of the consensus. He wouldn't want to go because he doesn't know anyone. He would make the best of it and try to have conversations with anyone who is willing to listen, but he would be totally out of his comfort zone.
I think the idea of a girls night out is fun, but too bad I won't be able to make this one. Hopefully we'll plan another one soon! Oh, the bbq idea is great too! Good thinking Tiff!