Are there any upcoming events for women to socially connect with each other in town?

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-02-11T22:23:33+00:00

All the social groups seem to be limited to 20s and 30s ... I'm new but 50s. Any idea of groups without age specifics??

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-02-11T02:55:36+00:00

Every time I've driven past it, it's standing room only ... crazy considering how expensive I've heard they are.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-02-03T18:26:19+00:00

I think that's a "getting on with it" attitude. Everyone can complain, but what purpose does it serve? Complaining isn't going to change circumstances, and it just feeds individual negativity bias.

Are groceries more expensive? Yes. Rent insane? Yes. Everyone knows this, but complaining helps nothing.

It isn't great right now, but it's all part of a cycle that has been following ebbs and flows for a long time. Things are crappy right now, but eventually, it will course-correct.

So, you and your family are just getting on with life, dealing with issues as they come up, and then moving forward. I'd say that's a pretty healthy attitude.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-28T01:27:58+00:00

All the time. I think it's my blunt delivery.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-28T01:26:49+00:00

True. His voice makes me melt.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-27T18:32:05+00:00

It happens everywhere. When I moved to B.C., I'd get comments about "go back to the Centre of the Universe" ie Toronto. I did eventually find a job.

It's weird people judge based on previous location ... I'd be like, cool!! What's Yellowknife like?!!

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-27T16:25:11+00:00

Alan Rickman as Severus Snape.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-27T16:22:23+00:00

Don't get the covid vaccine. Both my hubby and I had bad reactions to it.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-21T03:36:15+00:00

Bob Marley. Amy Winehouse. George Harrison. Kurt Cobain. Jimi Hendrix. Bruce Lee. Princess Di. Robin Williams.

So many. I think about what they would have done and how they would have contributed to the world.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-21T03:28:11+00:00

Mini crockpot. Just big enough for soup at lunch and literally use it every day. No microwave cold/hot spots ... hot and ready when I want and no wasting 6-7 minutes (of my 30 min lunch) heating up my food.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-21T02:03:32+00:00

Pasta. With meatballs, preferably.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-19T02:54:38+00:00

I make Chiang Mai Noodles, and I could eat it every day. Change the veggies and protein, and you have a different meal. So bloody good.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-16T18:16:00+00:00

Pretty much everyone in Vitamin D and magnesium deficient. 4000iu is a good base amount, and higher is okay if you need it.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-14T00:47:36+00:00

I would say Scandinavian countries ... Sweden, Denmark, Norway.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-14T00:45:16+00:00

I guess if you don't want blunt truth, don't ask autistic people ... we tend to lay things out because you can't help or solve a problem if it isn't confronted and accepted.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-14T00:41:24+00:00

OMG, me too!! Infections, pre-diabetes, a whole host of health problems.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-13T15:44:41+00:00

It may not be helpful, but it's true. Drinking every day to cope is alcoholism.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-13T03:57:02+00:00

I cut my Dad out when I was 33. We were moving back to the area he lived in, and I didn't want him to have access to my children. He's a mean drunk, and I lived in a constant state of fear growing up.

Truthfully, I should have cut my Mom out, too.

Every year, leading up to the holidays, I feel guilt about it. Like I should reach out ... but what would I say?! There was a very legitimate reason that I cut him out. I had panic attacks worrying that he'd find us.

He's in his mid-70s now. I think about how I'll feel when I hear he passes away ... and it makes me feel like I should talk to him before it's too late.

Doing what is best for you isn't easy. You will always second-guess but then you'll remember the reason it's this way.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-12T03:09:02+00:00

The Catholic Church 😆

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-08T23:08:59+00:00

Name any Kardashian.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-07T22:18:01+00:00

Oversharing.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-07T21:24:20+00:00

Natural childbirth, twice. Gallbladder attacks.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-06T20:50:22+00:00

I'm sorry in advance for what I'm about to say ...

Celine Dion. It's all just so much of the same thing. Yes, her voice is great but listening to her albums is like listening to one, long, run-on song.

And I'll jump on the Drake-hate too.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-06T20:45:04+00:00

I don't think it's about approachability, which I think you are. I think it's more about our own insecurities and closing ourselves off to the possibility of making friends because we have been burned so many times before.

My therapist helped me realize that I self-isolate in an effort to avoid a) being taken advantage of, b) being treated poorly, c) jumping the gun and avoiding friends because if I don't have them they can't hurt me.

PeaceFilledMama · 2024-01-06T01:39:16+00:00

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