By Kathleen Guthrie Woods
It’s coming this weekend—the first-ever LWB Meet-Up on Saturday, February 11!
Members of the San Francisco Group will be meeting for a casual lunch, and I hope you’ve taken this opportunity to join or start a regional LWB group (see “Groups” in the left column of the Main page of the Life Without Baby site) and scheduled your own get-together. If this isn’t practical for you, then I hope you’ve called up a childfree friend and asked her out to lunch, just for fun.
I mentioned in an earlier post that it’s my intention to focus on the positive at our lunch. We have the LWB site to share our sadness and whine about our circumstances. On February 11, I hope we can simply be a gathering of women (who happen to be childfree) who want to get to know each other better (and who would enjoy talking about any topic other than their childfree-ness).
So that got me thinking about conversation starters. If you feel stuck, consider going around the table and asking/answering these questions:
What’s the best movie you’ve seen lately?
What book are you currently reading?
Any trips planned this year?
Did your education prepare you for your current job/career path?
Who was/is your mentor? What was her/his best advice to you?
If I were to prepare a special meal for you, what would be on the menu?
Who do you think is the greatest musician/composer/songwriter of our time?
Have fun!
Kathleen Guthrie Woods is a Northern California–based freelance writer. She recently had a stimulating discussion about the art of hand-written thank you notes (and why it’s still important).
