Ladies who lunch

Does that make you sad gillybob or not particularly?

I know you have a close, loving family which, looking at some of the threads on GN, not everyone has. Plus you do a lot for them all and are super busy.

Thank you Maw for posting that. It's very true for many of us who lunch with groups of friends.

Thank you Maw! I am doing that very thing today - in fact I'm just about to leave for lunch with my oldest friend, a teaching colleague from nearly 50 years ago. We met teaching at the same school, have always lived within half a mile of each other since then; she and her DH were godparents to DS. Our DHs got on very well and we socialised frequently. We have both lost our DHs now, so we know how each other feels.
I think it may be a boozy lunch - first one there gets the prosecco! Last time we met at one, and left at four! Luckily the pub is within walking distance...

Beautiful poem and thank you Gonegirl. The information about the author is insightful. I like to read about authors and their work.

The poem is funny but I agree that it's a bit sad too. Bitter sweet. Ladies growing old together but still meeting up and supporting each other. I'd like to think we do all do that.

Maw
Gilly I wish I lived near you ...

This made me laugh. Especially as my real name was used in it. And yes ... I am always losing my purse ;-) I've been lunching with the same group of women for close on 30 years now. And it's bittersweet as a couple are ill, one has died and all the traumas that we go through on life's journey have been played out in front of us. Thanks for posting.

maw I’ve whizzed it off to all my ladies who lunch. It is soooooo apt.

Thank you

What is really sad is that as the years go by the circle is getting smaller.

But what is really good is that we laugh a lot and support each other.

Swings and roundabouts

Lunching Thursday with 4 ex colleagues from school will show them this.

It is a lovely poem and I found myself smiling so much as I read it through, remembering the lunches I have had with friends, some of whom I am no longer able to meet up with, but memories of all the things we laughed at, didn't cry but shared a sorrow, and felt so much better afterward. Friends are true gems to treasure.

Love it

I must confess, I have never been a 'lady who lunches'. It always sounds a lovely concept - and this verse certainly makes it sound so, but, when in a group I always feel out on a limb and always feel happier just meeting one person at a time.

Love it Maw!

Oh yes it makes me sad Urmstongran . It would be lovely to have some real friends to share special times with, or even just to chat over a coffee or glass of wine . Never mind .

Thank you overthehills . That was so kind .

I have always been a bit of an odd one out . Had my son at 18 when my friends were going clubbing I was alone at home unable to get a babysitter . It didn’t help that I have worked in an all male engineering environment since I can remember so no female colleagues either . Just one of those things .

gilly you would be welcome to join us if you lived nearer?

I’m getting emails back from my lunch ladies and they are loving it.

Thank you whitewave that’s lovely x

Like MOnica I'm not good in groups but I have found that, although I am shy, inhibited and sometimes nervous in groups, listening and being pleased for others who have good news and commiserating with those with bad news, works for me. I react the way I would like others to react to me. I used to go out with five other 'bus buddies' but because some have moved jobs/houses this has stopped. I do see one woman from the group, another I met years ago and a colleague from work on a one to one basis. I would love to be part of a larger group again even if I am the quiet one.

Thanks for that Maw. I have passed it on to my groups.

I have three groups of friends from various times and places in my life and we are all Grannies now. I think I have the most health worries - some of my friends are super-fit yoga, pilates, running, swimming women who play tennis. I am very much the odd one out in that respect (I am the losing specs/car keys one, always) but we all value each others company and even have short breaks away together.

Sadly, quite a few have lost their husbands now but whatever our circumstances we gain real support from each other when we meet up. WhatsApp also keeps us laughing and chatting.

Super duper poem....love it Maw ?

Thank you - what a nice poem; brought a lump to my throat.
I have a smaller group, and perhaps this might reflect us in a few years. We are all still working, healthy and no lost husbands, thank goodness.

I do think having a social group is healthy for our spirits!

I don't have any friends to go out with either gillybob. I usually manage without, but it would be fun to go out with friends sometimes.
A couple of weeks ago was the funeral of one of my school friends. She was a lovely bubbly person, but succumbed to cervical cancer. I couldn't attend the funeral and still feel quite sad about it.

Maw thank you so much for posting that poem.

It raised a wry smile here, I'm a bit of a solitary bod, do have a couple of friends that I meet up with occasionally, but not together, iykwim.

Perfect, this could have been written about me and my friends.