A pair years in the past, I invited a number of buddies over for Galentine’s Day…
I set out a cheese plate and requested everybody to carry a candy deal with to share, since, as Julia Baby mentioned, “a celebration with out cake is only a assembly.”
We additionally acquired 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 buddies, dad and mom, 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 instructed embarrassing tales, and afterward, I acquired a dozen texts from buddies 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 actually necessary ones. Girls’s friendships outlast jobs, dad and mom, husbands, boyfriends, lovers, and generally 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. Perhaps this yr I’ll play PEN15 on mute within the background.
Aspect notice: After I was flipping by my telephone for these pictures, I got here throughout a snapshot of a web page from Lindy West’s guide 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.
