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When Women Are All Grown UpBy Shawn Wilson I recently returned from my annual Women's Getaway Weekend, and oh what a weekend it was! Our numbers vary from year to year and this year's get together saw eight of us enjoying each others company. I know one of the women very well, five others are acquaintances and there this year there was one new comer to the scene. We arrived loaded down with enough food and wine to last a week and a year's worth of stories and experiences to share. Our group of three was the last to arrive and part of the adventure was traveling an unlit unpaved back road in Northern Ontario, the moon hidden behind a thick layer of clouds and only our eyesight and the occasional reflecting marker to ensure that we didn't end up in the ditch. A dining table, groaning under the weight of homemade cheese and spinach stuffed cannelloni, garlic bread and salad greeted us on arrival. Drinks were poured, stories were swapped, husbands and partners compared and over the course of the weekend we hiked, slept, talked, laughed, cooked and drank until we returned to our respective homes on Sunday afternoon. Rested and rejuvenated and eagerly anticipating next year's sojourn. What never ceases to amaze me about these get togethers is the surprising lack of tension and general bitchiness that sometimes tend to overshadow a group of women. Oh sure, there are some that I like more than others, and some that I would choose not to see socially outside of this weekend. I'm sure that I speak for the others when I say that the same goes for them. But as a group we all get on remarkably well. We celebrate each others successes, cry over our failures, sympathize with each others family problems, and tolerate our idiosyncrasies. And we never fail to be astonished at our similarities, even though we are from widely different backgrounds, careers and family situations. And therein, I think, lays the key. Because we are so different and from all walks of life, we are not in competition with each other. Each of us presents no threat to the other. In our case, our differences complement the group as a whole. We each bring a distinct and unique perspective to situations and I value the input; be it on how to make the perfect Christmas ornament to dealing with a friend's substance abuse. This is poles apart from the all female gatherings that I was part of in my youth and early adulthood. I stopped participating because they invariably turned into 'bitch and blame' sessions which were unpleasant and invariably ended with bruised egos and hurt feelings. It's nice to be all grown up! About the author This article was written by Shawn Wilson, a member of the customer support team at Datepad, where internet dating is always free. Datepad has a massive directory of informative dating articles along with a great list of dating site reviews on their dating blog. |
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