Posted by noa on May 3, 2004, at 19:14:18
In reply to What do friends do?, posted by fallsfall on May 3, 2004, at 15:14:50
FF, I'm impressed with you, once again--your insight, your striving.
I think it could be fun to suggest to friends doing something diferent, like rainyday's spa idea. Brainstorm a bunch of things--including offbeat things that you can invite a couple of friends to do with you, just for a change of pace. Having an occasional activity get together rather than just talking about issues could make the talking get togethers feel more meaningful.
OK, I'm starting a list of wacky ideas (well, maybe not necessarily wacky things-- unless, of course you never think of doing them):
Bowling
Games--find a local club or a place to learn a new game. Bridge? Mah Jong? (Aside---I recently saw a flyer for learning Mah Jong, which is coming back in popularity. I would NEVER have imagined that I'd even THINK of learning mahjong but this poster caught my eye for some reason. Not that I'll actually follow through or anything....)
Join up with a one-time volunteer project together.
Take a bead jewelry class together.
Take an autocare class together. Sometimes they have special ones for women only--so it's non-intimidating.
Take CPR together.
OK, I'm out of wacky ideas for now....
poster:noa
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