I remember that when I started my mission, these were the ultimate evil. By the end of my mission, we were trying to get each convert into their own circle of friends.
One woman in my mils ward accused my sil and her friends of being a secret combination because they had matching necklaces. There was literally a screaming fest in the chapel between my mil and this woman when my sil told her.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2012 09:21PM by rqt.
Shouldn't the first rule of secret conspiracies be that you don't wear clothing or apparel that will mark you as being a part of the secret conspiracy?
I've heard that our ward is cliquey. Actually, we attended a different one nearby shortly before we moved here, and when I told a lady I was sitting next to in RS where we were moving she said, "Beware - it's cliquey there."
I've heard it from a few others since, but I sincerely never noticed. Aren't you just friends with who you're friends with?
This is interesting. There's a member couple here who run a women's self-help camp. The husband explained it to us as "basically teaching these women gospel principles by a different name." The whole point, as I understand it, is to buoy their self-esteem. They get together and do introspective, soul-searching art projects, get waited on, and relax at a lodge all week.
Other than all the sharing and crying that I assume goes on, it sounds like a blast. Too bad it's something like $1,200 for the week. They're making bank by selling those gospel principles.
Quite frankly the only woman in my last ward that I wanted to be friends with was bipolar. She said what she meant and meant what she said. She was refreshing to be around because she didn't follow all of the others blindly. She had older teenage kids and had been a teacher for 25 yrs. I loved her and she is the only thing I miss since I left the area. Oh, and she still invited our family to her Christmas party every year after we left the church. The other women were afraid to be friends with her because you just never knew what she was going to say...LOVED HER! I didn't even know she was bipolar until we had been friends for over 2 yrs....I just thought she was plucky!