I just joined and here I am starting my own thread. But I'm known to dive right into everything ADPi.
To give a little background about me, I am from California. I attended California State University at Chico. People on the East Coast tend to nod and say "Good School". People from the West Coast tend to scream "CHICO STATE!!!" Just a little something I've noticed. I moved to Washington, DC six years ago, and currently work as a lobbyist for the animal health industry. I married a nice man from Kansas (University of Kansas alumni) a year and a half ago. We have two dogs, and just bought our second home. We will probably be starting a family in the next few months (we hope
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ADPi has been a part of my life for the last fourteen years. I was 17 when I joined, and am older than 17 now
. I joined the alumae association out here and have met some wonderful women - one is dating my coworker, though I had nothing to do with it. However, I feel that the alumnae association doesn't really serve my needs at the moment. The Washington organization seems to have mostly single women in their 20's. The Northern Virginia organization is mostly women my mother's age. There seems to be no happy medium for me (I hope I don't sound too whiny).
I have suggested that the DC group offer some activities for women such as myself. I even offered to do the organizing. My suggestion didn't go over well. I am happy to go to happy hours to meet other women, but I would really like a book club. I would love to meet young mothers in this area. Our group has mixers with fraternity associations and other events that (as a married women) don't interest me and that aren't appropriate to bring my husband to. I'm not unhappy with the group, I'm just in a different stage in my life.
I feel like I'm in a gap right now. Has anyone else encountered this? Any suggestions? Keep submitting my ideas until I'm taken up on one? Are my expectations too high?
Thanks for listening!
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