I am fortunate to have a group of girlfriends that does a sleepover every now and then on a Friday or Saturday night. It allows us to chat and be silly, drink without having to drive, paint our nails, watch chick flicks, stay up late and generally have a good time. The host sends her kids and spouse elsewhere (often to the home of one of the guests) and the rest of us leave our kids at home with our husbands. With our crazy schedules, we only get together a few times a year and a sleepover only happens once a year at the most. We do see each other at other times (our husbands are friends and get together more often than we do), of course. But we really look forward to the sleepovers.

One of the nice things about doing it is that it is a very low-cost gathering, unlike some dinners out. It can be high calorie though, as cookie dough, chips & dip seem to figure prominently in our "cuisine".

Anonymous wrote:There are lots of things like this that go on with groups of girlfriends. There are groups that play majong, cards, book clubs, etc.. For me, every once in a while I'll think it's a good idea to get involved in one of these groups. But, as soon as I do, I bow out. I am not a very interesting person myself, but I find them boring. I end up thinking there is something else I would rather be doing. I also find that as I get older, I want to loose some of the people I already know, not collect more casual friendships.

Mee too.

There are lots of things like this that go on with groups of girlfriends. There are groups that play majong, cards, book clubs, etc.. For me, every once in a while I'll think it's a good idea to get involved in one of these groups. But, as soon as I do, I bow out. I am not a very interesting person myself, but I find them boring. I end up thinking there is something else I would rather be doing. I also find that as I get older, I want to loose some of the people I already know, not collect more casual friendships.

I have a local girl group and we do dinners out, but not nearly as often as we used to, 3 or 4 times a year these days although I see some of the friends individually a lot more often. I have a group of girls from college and we all live in different cities, we attempt to do a girls' weekend somewhere about once a year. That is a sleepover, but usually in a hotel and spas and wine are always involved. I also have a bookclub and we usually get together every 6 weeks or so.

I'm in a girl group and we get together for wine nights. Everyone brings a bottle and a food item to the host's house. We start late so kids are in bed. No sleepovers though.

So I'm not yet fifty but have a good friend in the Philla area who is within this demographic... she sent an update on her life email which included the following

--> On a fun note, my girl group had a sleepover on Friday night. The hostess made meatball sandwiches and we all brought tons of snack food, wine,
soft drinks and champagne. We played board games and watched some chick flicks-it was a fun time. <--

She is married but no kids after trying for many many years.

Anyway, my point of posting is to ask if anyone had a 'girl group' like this and what sort of activities do you do if anything... I have a newborn and almost two year old -- at 43 years I would love a glass of wine and the company of this type of group but of course being in the WDC area this is next to impossible.