to hate "ladies events"

[FriedaRoam]

race for life
ladies days at races
pamper evenings

jsut all make me ITCH

ursula take it up with cancer research not me they are the ones that organise the event not me

FriedaRoam

'One of the reasons Race for Life is so successful may be that some women feel more comfortable taking part in a women-only event. Run 10K is a very similar event and anyone can take part in that.'

www.cancerresearchuk.org/10k/

Oh ok I'll do that.

Fuck sake.

yabu that just because you dont enjoy them you expect charities to stop doin thins that other women feel comfortable with and raise money for their causes.

yanbu about feather boas

I agree with the pink thing though hate the colour.

i have no issue with the raising money thing at all
just hate the segregation" ooh this is ladeeez" aspect

I hate hate hate ladies only events. Here in the Middle east, the Aussie and South African ladies seem to want to socialise with other ladies behind closed doors. BOOOOORING, what about the lovely men? i refuse to join in. Breastfeeding and baking are the two most boring topics known to man (or lady)

women hater ^

totalyl agree - why do we as intelligent women thing we want to talk friggin CANDLES all night
or bloody strange kids clothes

or marvel at the pop up that is usbourne whi;e we are served warm wine in small glasses

But frida I ran race for life for my mom and dad who've both had cancer not just for mom

but your brother couldnt presumably?( fi you had one) as he is not a lady?

I do know where your coming from though I hate Girly girls. I hate candles, I hate pink, I hate talking crap like that. I avoid ladies like that at my peril
It's too fluffy for me so to a degree I agree with you

I could dress him in drag freida plus he's a lazy bastard he wouldn't run for anything ;)

No opinion on race for life but boo to all the pampered chef/virgin/ann summers/flogging old shite parties. Or anything self-consciously girly - Ladeez day, ladeez nights, Girl's nights blah blah blah. The local pub holds 'girls' (everyone 35+) nights with Cava'n'Iceland nibbles, plays Mamma Mia or Dirty dancing and everyone gets their tits out and brings chocolate cocks. Why?

YANBU

The worst is getting these invites: oh all the boys are going down the pub to watch footie, why don't you come round and bake cookies with us girls?

I go watch footie

ROAR at " Cava'n'Iceland nibbles, plays Mamma Mia or Dirty dancing and everyone gets their tits out and brings chocolate cocks. Why?"

Tis true. And half the village goes and stands at either end of the room bitching about each other.
So sad I have no evening childcare

Because freida chocolate cocks is the only bit of cock they will be getting :)

So a 10 yr old boy can do the race for life but a 12 yr old can't?

Not that I imagine they would want to.

Is it a childcare thing - they don't want women to miss out because they can't take small children, but once they are 11 they can look after themslves for a bit?

Yes it is trill they allow children but boys under 10 as most mothers wouldn't get childcare to run the race.

why is childcare the womans issue?
surely thre is some kind of inseminator in the relationship !

I can't really see the organisers of the event saying "sorry, since your ex is a fuckwit and won't look after your son, you can't run".

But I also can't see teh organisers of a similar mens event taking any time at all to consider childcare...

Oh my GOD

Little boys can run in a laydees race because they can't organise childcare??

For fuck's sake.

I can't be doing be race for life, yes is all very well and raises money etc etc but it is such a godforsaken 'you go girlfriend' pile of arse and every workplace in the UK has some hun who organises it with the vigour of a soviet commissar, so you feel pressuredd to run the damn thing, or cough up.

And it is such a non-distance. I have run further for a bus.

i'm with you on this frieda , well, from my perspective .my dad was a member of a male only 'reform club' not very reformist i know . many wives objected to it, but they said 'women are free to organise a woman only club if they want"....anyway it closed down years ago, fact is , when your socialiseing you want to have some of the opposite sex around , it's simply more fun, i cant stand guy only events , stag nights included.