I never expected that my RSVP comments would get such feedback. I didn't realize at the time of this post that I actually had a few e-vites out there. Trust me, my intention was not to guilt you guys into responding, but I am glad that you did because I am still short a few people for our girls night out.
So all you ladies and gentleman out there in cyberland, can you help me out a bit? I need your opinion. Am I being totally emotional and blowing this anger/frustration way out of proportion? Read story below:
Being somewhat of an exercise fanatic, I thought that it would be fun to get a group of friends together to take one of these pole dancing classes offered at a local gym. No, I am not preparing for my next career. Rather I thought it would be good for a laugh, some exercise and a night out without the kids. What I didn't expect was all the negativity that this event would conjure up in people. Some people were a little hesitant to do this at first, but chilled out a bit when I told them that a) you would be fully clothed and b) you would be among friends who will not laugh at you because they will be too busy laughing at themselves. So with a bit of arm twisting, a few rigidly conventional ladies gave in. (I was actually really proud of them for doing something that would take them out of their comfort zone).
Anyway, the big deal for me is that I am the organizer and I have several hundred dollars charged to my credit card as a deposit based on the women who told me that they would participate. Now these rigidly conventional ladies are backing out. I don't know if I am more upset about having to eat their portion of the deposit or upset because I didn't realize how uptight some of my friends could be. Honestly, I think that it is the latter.
Is that too harsh a judgement? I feel like a terrible person for being angry with someone for their conventionalism. Should I just suck it up or surround myself with more non-conformist friends?
4 comments:
I think it's fair to be irritated with those who have backed out. I understand this kind of class may not appeal to everyone, but backing out on a friend and sticking them with the tab isn't nice. They didn't have to agree to do it in the first place.
There's been a lot of commotion recently about these classes - I didn't even know this area had one! I'd only recently heard they were offered on the coasts. I think it sounds interesting - not sure if I'd have the nerve to go to a class - but going with girlfriends could be fun!
due to the blog entry, we had a couple of new friends join us and I wasn't stuck footing the entire bill.
We all had a blast and the class was fairly intense. I consider myself a physically fit person and my triceps and shoulders were sore before we walked out of the class.
I learned through this class to have respect for those strippers out there dancing on poles -- this is not as easy as they make it look.
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