Tuscany
Aug 22, 2007, 06:40 AM
I just got off the phone with my mom (and best friend). She is at a wine camp for ladies at a lake near our hometown. That might seem weird, but wine is a hobby of my mom's (and now mine). My mom lost my dad when she was only 42 (he was 47), since that time she has really surprised me. She tries new and different things, when my dad was alive she was not much of a risk taker, now she is game at trying anything... to a point. That is why when she said she was going to go to this wine camp from Monday - Thursday this week I thought it was great. That was until I got off the phone with her 20 minutes ago.
My mom was near tears when she called me. She said that while she is enjoying the classes and the relaxation, the nights are really tough for her. She is not home sick, she is being bullied by 40-60 year old women in her cabin. And I mean BULLIED! She is in a cabin with women that have been there before and instead of welcoming her in, they are excluding her. Last night when she entered the common area of the cabin with a glass of wine one actually asked her if she had anything better to do and the entire group got up and left. She had met this really nice lady at this one class and she had asked my mom to come and visit her at her cabin. She went this morning after breakfast, and another lady in that cabin would not let her in.
I feel so bad for my mom. I thought women grew up and out grew th petty high school cliques. I could not believe it when she was telling me this. It is breaking my heart that she is there by herself. I told her next year I would go with her. She said that she would never come back. That the classes are not worth the long nights and the nastiness of the women around her.
My mom does not exaggerate, so I know that it has to be THAT bad. She actually said to me "H now I know why you always say men make the best of friends."
How can grown women act so petty? I don't understand how women could still act like spoiled little brats at the age of 50. Come on, get over high school already.
Sorry I had to vent..
My mom was near tears when she called me. She said that while she is enjoying the classes and the relaxation, the nights are really tough for her. She is not home sick, she is being bullied by 40-60 year old women in her cabin. And I mean BULLIED! She is in a cabin with women that have been there before and instead of welcoming her in, they are excluding her. Last night when she entered the common area of the cabin with a glass of wine one actually asked her if she had anything better to do and the entire group got up and left. She had met this really nice lady at this one class and she had asked my mom to come and visit her at her cabin. She went this morning after breakfast, and another lady in that cabin would not let her in.
I feel so bad for my mom. I thought women grew up and out grew th petty high school cliques. I could not believe it when she was telling me this. It is breaking my heart that she is there by herself. I told her next year I would go with her. She said that she would never come back. That the classes are not worth the long nights and the nastiness of the women around her.
My mom does not exaggerate, so I know that it has to be THAT bad. She actually said to me "H now I know why you always say men make the best of friends."
How can grown women act so petty? I don't understand how women could still act like spoiled little brats at the age of 50. Come on, get over high school already.
Sorry I had to vent..