Wednesday, August 12, 2009
"Um, so like..." aka The Awkward Question
..are we definitely not bringing significant others? In most cases, they were part of the #124 vibe as well, so perhaps it's not out of spirit to ask them to come also. But I also recognize that there is value in just sealing it off as all girls, and that the prevailing opinion may be in favor of that. Your thoughts?
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I'm really torn on this. On one hand, my main worry would be that lovers would pull each other away from the group dynamic and create islands in our camp... (In that case though it's silly to exclude significant others based on gender). On the other hand, I have such a warm spot in my heart for all the lovers and think they would contribute so much to the group dynamic that i can't possibly turn them away. Maybe this doesn't help much, but my vote is to let the lovers in. They will probably balance us all when we're feeling overwhelmed and sassy (which will prolly happen at least once).
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ReplyDeleteI'm torn on this, too.
ReplyDeleteI had been picturing all ladies up 'til now--imagining deep female bonding and swimming naked and basically doing this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/madamamoothia/3415924973/
I personally think it will create islands, but I also understand that a week is a long time to be away from a spouse/lover. And I would certainly enjoy having them there.
I guess it just puts a different spin on this trip. Does that mean we also invite people like Jon, Tony, Chase, Jordan, Caleb...anyone who was part of the realm? And then what about people we don't want there...
I think we should either choose to make it just the ladies, or invite EVERYONE. I would be really excited either way.
That's a good point, Alisha (and Jenna). Although I think the case can be made for excluding non-significant others who were part of the group then (while including SO's who didn't necessarily live in 124), I also don't think a week is too long to stay away from them, and also think it would significantly change the dynamic, as you said.
ReplyDeleteI am fine with saying "see ya in a week, love" and leaving it at that. But I think it might be fun to have them around, too. We could even make a boys camp & a girls camp, just so we could all see each other...? It really depends on what the core members (those who lived in 124) want to do, I think. Woman bonding, or big huge camping trip with everyone we knew from college? I lean towards woman bonding, I think...
Correction: what I really lean toward is letting lovers in, but not necessarily everybody we knew. (although it would be nice not to have to find a cat sitter)
ReplyDeleteThis is a slippery slope. I feel like it has to be just ladies and that we should maybe have a separate everyone reunion another time and another place, like get a big cabin together. Maybe we do half and half? Three days ladies and then we meet up with everyone else for epic party times?
ReplyDeleteDiscuss <3
I like the idea of planning a ladies only thing, and then open the invitation to everyone after a certain time (like laura suggested). But would we be responsible for planning any of that stuff, or would it be like anyone can come but they have to figure out their accommodations, etc?
ReplyDeleteI was actually thinking a similar thing as Laura, but thought that would be very complicated to orchestrate. But if everyone finds their own accommodations, then it makes it easier on us.
ReplyDeleteSo let's say girls only for the first part, then open for the last part? I like that solution.