Thursday Thirsties
“Thursday Thirsties” is the name given to a group of friends who get together on a regular basis and have coffee and a chat.
They are your friends! When you have small children, having a group of people who are going through the same experiences as you are, and being able to share them can be the most important therapy you can get.
Whether it be talking about Jonny not sleeping, or Alice not eating her food, or where you might go and buy a dress that will make you look good even though you have not lost your extra baby weight. Perhaps your husband still expects you to look gorgeous and have a smile on your face despite having to have dinner prepared as well as putting three small children to bed when he gets home.
It’s just someone to talk to in the knowledge that it will not be plastered over your local newspaper or talked about at the next dinner party. It does not matter what you actually do together, you could go to the park, go for a walk, take the children out for the day or just meet at someone’s house for a coffee. It’s just important that you do something and that you have someone to talk to.
Often the people you meet here become lifelong friends and sometimes you even get husbands to come along and you are able to socialise as couples as well. It’s a win-win situation: the children get people to play with and you get someone to have a laugh/cry and coffee with.
