Women. We really hold so much together, ourselves, our families, our households, our jobs, our volunteer groups, etc. etc. Our lives are frantic, hectic, frustrating, loving, joyful, worrisome and downright exhausting! Time to get away!
Taking a vacation with the family is very nice, it can be relaxing, but most of the time we’re busy making memories with our loved ones and want that trip to be grand, and special. We can’t let our guard down and need to keep it together while worrying that everything will be just right and everyone will stay safe. Taking a trip with girlfriends is a whole different event.
Enjoying a getaway with girlfriends includes talking, and eating, thinking about our own needs, and talking. Did I mention talking? Girlfriends share so much of themselves when they get away. Girlfriends together share thoughts about the family and hash out ideas about the kids, the pets, the husbands, and how they dealt with a coworker. Girlfriends can giggle about a dress with green and pink polka dots when shopping, or notice that they like a pillow fabric, and girlfriends can discuss why they don’t like the same shoes. It’s all about sharing ideas, understanding and compassion for one another. Girlfriends on getaways don’t compete, they listen.
Girlfriends away will shop, and give honest opinions of necklines, and hemlines, and give ideas of coordinating accessories. Girlfriends will treasure hunt, they’ll look in the gift shop, and in the second hand shop. They’ll understand the need for checking every rack or shelf for just the right treasure. Girlfriends never say they’ll “wait outside on the bench”, so the others will feel they can only look for five minutes.
Girlfriends like to eat. They will try the French restaurant or tapas bar, a quiche & tea buffet. They’ll take their time to chat over a glass of wine. It’s not the food, it’s the experience, the conversation and most of all the social bonding while eating.
Once girlfriends are back at home, after a thousand topics were discussed, their minds are clear. Relaxed, de-stressed a woman can see the solution to that problem of how to answer a teen why they can’t attend the party, or how to get more storage in the laundry room, which color drapes go in the newly painted living room, etc. Start a new tradition. Girlfriends need to get away, plan your getaway today!