I was very disappointed and probably won't go back. My condo buddy also signed up for the class and was equally disappointed. We are maybe 15 years too young for this class. The leader of the class was not a very good public speaker, wasn't very enthused and mostly read from the book or showed us videos. I would say there were about a dozen folks attending.
She paired us up for a "social" session and my person was an 85 year old gal who just lost her husband about a year ago. She is just so lost (and I do remember those days clearly). Luckily I gave her my card so if I don't return, she can still contact me.
Several of the upcoming classes have guest speakers. So maybe I shouldn't be so hasty. I could just think of so many other things I could have been doing with that 90 minutes ...
I don't know. Maybe if the fee is non-refundable, you should give it another chance before you you bug out. The ad doesn't inspire me and that's a pretty big age gap but sometimes it takes more than class to see how it's going to go.
ReplyDeleteMy Gathering Girls group evolved from a similar class but we see way too many people only come once where the seven of us who have become friends stuck it out until our friendships started gelling. Now, we just voted to break off from the official group because we don't need it anymore. It took us a year to get to this point, though and we'll be meeting twice a month.
Well there you go. I'll give it a second chance. But the big age difference isn't going to work too well for me ... I'm wanting someone to walk or exercise with ....
DeleteI hope the guests speakers are better.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too! The videos were interesting. I love TED talks but rarely sit down to listen and enjoy.
DeleteThat age gap does matter. In our group three of us can walk much better than the others so it effects what events we can plan. But the oldest in the group is 12 years older than me and she can walk better than the youngest two.
ReplyDeleteI would think you could easily start a walking group in the condo community where you life. Put a notice up, setting a time and day/s and see what happens. Walking clubs are common around here.
I better get myself walking so that I get to a point where someone might enjoy the walking! Right now it's pretty short and slow ...
DeleteI'll bet the fee is non-refundable. I think you're mastering your age quite well. You don't need a class to tell you what to do--just go with your heart/gut. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm not even going to ask for any $$$. If I don't attend, it will be a donation!
DeleteYou've already paid the fee and since there will be different speakers I think I'd give it a whirl for more weeks. Making social connections is a slow process under the best of circumstances. I was never interested in collecting numbers of friends for group meets -- preferring only a few, ideally in 1:1 situations so if one not free when I or they wanted companionship, another would be -- and we didn't talk negatively about the other(s) with each other as I've found some groups tend to do, especially when another not present.
ReplyDeleteI truly do not want negative talk. This complex reminds me of Jr High ... everyone is so nice to your face but backstabbing and MEAN behind the scenes. It's almost laughable! We've had people write to the property management company saying I was "mean to her" and she couldn't work with me. He suggested another Board member and she said "but they are friends" so that won't work! So funny (only because I don't take it personally .... most of the time)
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