I have a question for those who would really like to come on the Banda night out but are too scared because either:

• you think nobody will like you and you will end up on your own all night
  
• you don't like the way you look and don't want people to see you
  
• you don't know where you are going and think you will get lost
  
• you think you won't get a roomie and can't afford a room to yourself
  
• and any other reason (excuse) you have come up with
  

so my question is:
which is worse, the stuff I have just written or missing out on meeting a bunch of fabulous people who love you like a sister and a best friend all rolled into one?

Lol a fair qu but can i cry off cos i dont wanna travel all that way for a knees up and leave me lil one

can i just add(btw thats lovley gill and so right)
i really dont like myself at the best of times and think people wont like me either, or think im boaring...iv been to 3 meets now and met some of the most lovley people...there really is nothing to worry about...if you love these ladies, you will love them even more in real life xx

I would like to add............I am points 1 & 2 on Gills list, but feel I need my pandas to help me find the old Lisa again........

so im hoping im my room share to be fixed either way...........Gill to psycho-analyze me...........or if all else fails Amanda can arrest me!!

So im shittin it...............but excited!!!

I'm all of those things but I really wil be to pregnant to come so I'll have to face my fears another time x

Anyone worried about being on their own dont, i am like a mother hen, just ask anyone who has met me, so you certainly wont get left alone!

I hate my weight but again i would never ever let it stop me going out.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

gemzandboys wrote:

can i just add(btw thats lovley gill and so right)
i really dont like myself at the best of times and think people wont like me either, or think im boaring...iv been to 3 meets now and met some of the most lovley people...there really is nothing to worry about...if you love these ladies, you will love them even more in real life xx

I really really really really really agree with you Gemma!!!

still not sure?

how about this:

GillandWil wrote:

• you think nobody will like you and you will end up on your own all night

this bunch of nutters already know you and accept you so why would it be any different in person you are still you

GillandWil wrote:

• you don't like the way you look and don't want people to see you

most of us have had babies in the last few years and I am sure I am not alone in being considerably larger and less maintained than my pre-Wil self. Anyway most people will be so busy worrying about whether they look too fat/ too thin/ too frumpy/ too tarty to notice whether you do

GillandWil wrote:

• you don't know where you are going and think you will get lost

have you seen the pages and pages of help being given with trains, planes and automobiles. Someone is bound to be coming your way and there are more than enough of us with cars willing to give lifts from stations and airports

GillandWil wrote:

• you think you won't get a roomie and can't afford a room to yourself

have you seen the roomie thread? you will be found a roomie. If you are just plain scared of sharing a room with someone in case you fart, snore or need a huge s**t then please bear in mind some of the problems and stories we share on here regularly

GillandWil wrote:

• and any other reason (excuse) you have come up with
  

post it up (or pm me if you are shy) and I bet I can come up with a way around it.

go on you know you want to.

A little quote to help you:

'In order to grow a person must step out of their comfort zone at least once a day'

(disclaimer: I cannot fix no babysitter, no money, got to work, about to pop or brand new newborn)


LisaM - you are on. (I can't help doing it anyway )

I am always on the lookout for someone who seems to have slipped to the sideline so that I can go and rescue them cos it was always me that ended up by myself.......so make sure you're always mingling or you'll have to talk to me

i just cant face travelling that distance and leaving gracie overnight never done it yet not even my mum has had her.

i would love to meet you all but with my anxiety problems where for the last 18 months i have been confined to pretty much my house i cant take that jump yet

but i do love you all very much x

Awwww Suz we love you too xxxx

marioandthestuntbubs wrote:

Lol a fair qu but can i cry off cos i dont wanna travel all that way for a knees up and leave me lil one

I am still gutted you are not coming though

Well so far I have no babysitter no money and no one likes me anyway cos I smell of cheese xx

i like the smell of cheese lol x

honsetley ladies if i can do it so can you, you have no idea how nervous iv been befor the meets,i hate the way i look and how shy i am and how i speak bollox when im nervous...but i am so glad i faced my fears and went to the meets...do it do it do it...you will regret it if you dont and certainley will not regret it if you do!!! xxx

GillandWil wrote:

marioandthestuntbubs wrote:

Lol a fair qu but can i cry off cos i dont wanna travel all that way for a knees up and leave me lil one

I am still gutted you are not coming though

Yeah cos its the only time we will ever see each other-daftie lol x

Soz peeps, know im gonna be so jealous reading about it

Where is it not that I could come anyways Couldnt leave me babies got no money busses from my village run every hour n thats during the week and dave is probly working

Wish I could but just wont happen unfortuneately ( and no1 likes me )

and i snore

I talk bollox when nervous too Gemz

i talk bollocks all the time no one would know the difference

Id just make a tit of myself

Lol I'd like to see you get me out of my excuse Gill.

Oh's 30th birthday party

I actually pulled out after saying I was going the first time cos the thought of being around loads of people, by myself in a strange place made me feel soooo sick but after going to the sheffield meet and meeting quite a few people I put my name down again.

Honestly, anyone that is nervous, scared, anxious will not be alone! but everyone we are going with are fantastic lovely people and they will look after you good and proper (and when I say 'they' I am including myself lol)

Terri wrote:

Id just make a tit of myself

in that case you will fit in perfectley x

Terri wrote:

Id just make a tit of myself

Shurrup and put your name down!!!!!!