A pair years in the past, I invited just a few associates over for Galentine’s Day…
I set out a cheese plate and requested everybody to deliver a candy deal with to share, since, as Julia Baby stated, “a celebration with out cake is only a assembly.”
We additionally obtained a large container of Spanish potato chips as a result of life is brief, you guys!!!
Then we sat at my eating desk and made heart-shaped notes for individuals we adored, together with associates, mother and father, companions, youngsters, one another, and ourselves. We had a selection of development paper, scissors, glue sticks, stickers, extra stickers, beads, ribbon, letters, extra letters, and glitter pom poms. We laughed and advised embarrassing tales, and afterward, I obtained a dozen texts from associates saying, “That was so NEEDED.” I felt the identical.
As Emily Rapp Black wrote years in the past: “Right here’s the reality: Friendships between girls are sometimes the deepest and most profound love tales, however they’re typically mentioned as if they’re ancillary, ‘bonus’ relationships to the really essential ones. Girls’s friendships outlast jobs, mother and father, husbands, boyfriends, lovers, and typically youngsters.”
Ideas? Would you throw a Galentine’s gathering? What different actions or snacks would you counsel? I’d love to listen to! My good friend Susan as soon as had women over on Galentine’s Day to look at Clueless, which made for a enjoyable night. Possibly this 12 months I’ll play PEN15 on mute within the background.
Aspect observe: Once I was flipping via my telephone for these pictures, I got here throughout a snapshot of a web page from Lindy West’s e book of film recaps. Nonetheless makes me chuckle.
P.P.S. The key to feminine friendship, and the love story I by no means thought to inform.
