Leslie Langford
12-14-2008, 04:15 PM
This question is directed at the more mature Gurls (say, 50+ years old) on this forum:
Is your wife (or SO) a member of the Red Hat Society, and if so, were you ever tempted to seek membership in that group as well as participate in their activities as one of the "girls"?
For those who don't know, the Red Hat Society is an international women's group comprised of loosely affiliated local chapters dedicated to the notion - as Cyndi Lauper once put it - that "girls just wanna have fun..."
Typically, the members are post-menopausal women who are dedicated to the goal of not just drifting quietly into a sedate old age, bur raising a little h*ll along the way and getting in touch with their inner, silly selves before their bodies give out. Their typical "uniform" is a gaudy red hat of the type the British Queen Mother used to wear, along with a purple outfit.
Quite a sight to behold, especially when a group of these Red Hatters invade a restaurant or mall and start to behave like a bunch of silly teenagers. They seem to be having the time of their lives during these outings, and many is the time I wished I could join them (preferably as "Leslie") and shed my normal staid male persona while in their company.
Anyone here have any personal experience with this group, and being as silly and unconventional as they are, do you think that they would be open to having CD'ers who want help in getting in touch with their own particular fun-loving "inner girls" join them?
Is your wife (or SO) a member of the Red Hat Society, and if so, were you ever tempted to seek membership in that group as well as participate in their activities as one of the "girls"?
For those who don't know, the Red Hat Society is an international women's group comprised of loosely affiliated local chapters dedicated to the notion - as Cyndi Lauper once put it - that "girls just wanna have fun..."
Typically, the members are post-menopausal women who are dedicated to the goal of not just drifting quietly into a sedate old age, bur raising a little h*ll along the way and getting in touch with their inner, silly selves before their bodies give out. Their typical "uniform" is a gaudy red hat of the type the British Queen Mother used to wear, along with a purple outfit.
Quite a sight to behold, especially when a group of these Red Hatters invade a restaurant or mall and start to behave like a bunch of silly teenagers. They seem to be having the time of their lives during these outings, and many is the time I wished I could join them (preferably as "Leslie") and shed my normal staid male persona while in their company.
Anyone here have any personal experience with this group, and being as silly and unconventional as they are, do you think that they would be open to having CD'ers who want help in getting in touch with their own particular fun-loving "inner girls" join them?