A night with no men - what do you call it?

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This has me stumped. Generally when a friend organises a night out or night in or lunch purely for females the text normally reads something like this:-

"Anyone up for a Girls' night out on Friday etc"
"Girlie night round at mine this Saturday etc"
"Planning a Ladies Lunch at The Crown on Thursday etc"

I don't really consider myself a girl, girlie or lady - just a woman. So if I'm organising something I find the wording really difficult when texting or whats'apping. It just seems to read a bit oddly if I write "Anyone up for a women's night out next Friday?"

My DH has no problem using Boys' Night or Lads' Night and most people just accept the term Girls' Night or Ladies' Lunch but it doesn't sit comfortably with me. I'm ok accepting invitations worded in any form but if I initiate one I don't feel comfortable with the term girl or lady. Am I overthinking?

When I message my lady friends re a ladies night out everyone knows it's tongue in cheek.

Phallus free Friday?

Viva la Vulva?

My friends and I call it “Wine Friday” because we wine and whine! And it’s usually on a Friday...

Why is girl so offensive? I mean I understand if someone is using it in a negative way ie- ‘don’t be such a big girl about it’ etc but girls night... I am 40 and I still say hi girls to female friends!

I would just call it "a night out" or "going for a drink" and feel no need to specify the sex of the participants.

We say ‘no boys ‘
So - shall we meet at the red lion next sat, no boys? We know this means no partners.

We are late 20s though so I think it comes from school years when we used to say ‘can we go out, no boys?’ When we were sick of certain friends being obsessed with boy of the month.

Total bliss

@VerbenaGirl - we call it the exact same! We have regular GNO's

@Graciebobcat but what if people bring their other halves ? Don’t you ever want to see your female friends without partners ?

Personally I would say girls night out. You could say night out without the boys (or men if you’re uncomfortable using the word boys)

The cliterrati

A men free evening?

We have 'girlie get togehters' or we have a 'girls night out'
I'm 50+ and my friends are mid 40's

Some of these made me LOL though!

We are a group of women age range about 55-70. Although I usually refer to women (see above), when it’s a female only lunch/booze up/gathering I’d say a girls night/trip or a ladies lunch. When our husbands/partners organise a male equivalent it’s always referred to as a lads night despite their pensioner status.

If it’s mixed sex we just say lunch/party etc.

Strictly sushi assembly.

Meeting minus meat.

Female forum.

Cunt-owner convention.

Pussy party.

Menstural muster.

Coven gathering.

A normal night out with a set of friends who happen to female.

So I'd see 'want to meet for drinks / have dinner etc with me, Sandra, Sarah and Jess on Friday?'

or 'how about drinks on Friday? Sandra and Sarah can come, I'll let Jess know.'

A night out?

boringly, could you use 'Get together - invitees only, no partners'.

To me 'girls night out' etc implies something about being girly and doing stereotypically feminine stuff, that meeting up with my friends, as normal, does not (and that I find rather cringy).

Bliss

@Regulus

Cock free?

I don't have an issue with calling it girls night, I understand girl can be patronizing in some circumstances but I don't think this is one of them. Womens night sounds a bit too formal to me for a night on the town with your buddies

I'd call it perfect!

@lottiegarbanzo

To me 'girls night out' etc implies something about being girly and doing stereotypically feminine stuff, that meeting up with my friends, as normal, does not (and that I find rather cringy).

Does it? For me it's a night out at the pub/at a restaurant with my female friends, husbands/partners are not invited