lady who lunches -- for a day
Out of the blue, a Curves workout friend who hasn't been to Curves in forever emailed and invited me to sub in her ladies' afternoon party bridge.
What a delight! I was decades younger than these people, but they were all perky and smart a**ed (in a very ladylike southern way) great company. Some of their cultural references were too old for me, like someone's hair being like "gravel gertie?" from Dick Tracy? I'm not sure anyone other than my friend who extended the invitation has ever worked outside the home and even she has been doing weird just-for-fun jobs for probably 20 years. And yet, the conversation was issue oriented rather than the endless gossip about other people's lives whom I'd never met.
The cool thing about these ladies was the civilized way they discussed issues without assuming that everyone agreed with them or that they already knew everything there was to know about the topic.
What a delight! I was decades younger than these people, but they were all perky and smart a**ed (in a very ladylike southern way) great company. Some of their cultural references were too old for me, like someone's hair being like "gravel gertie?" from Dick Tracy? I'm not sure anyone other than my friend who extended the invitation has ever worked outside the home and even she has been doing weird just-for-fun jobs for probably 20 years. And yet, the conversation was issue oriented rather than the endless gossip about other people's lives whom I'd never met.
The cool thing about these ladies was the civilized way they discussed issues without assuming that everyone agreed with them or that they already knew everything there was to know about the topic.