After a generation or two of active feminism, I have come to realize that I can and will use the word girl as appropriate. If boys can have old boys club, then we we can have girl trips. The rules for girl trips differ from all other means of travel.
1. Due to the complexity of these relationships, all girl trips must be staffed by only adult women.
2. Whining, Kvetching, and Moaning is not only allowed, it is required - dishing is optional, as long as at least one person is foolish enough to leave the room.
3. We don't care how fast we get there - Some of my best girl trips involved finding we were lost in a new or interesting place or driving 100 miles out of our way because rule two was invoked prior to the freeway exit.
4. Potty, tinkle, pee or rest stop --- call it what you want, you get it as often as you want without making explanation. Maybe we should have called that rule number one?
5. During girl trips, all calories are lined in Teflon and thus do not stick.
6. Never set an alarm on a girl trip. And if the other women wake up too soon for you, the traditional pillow-over-the-head indicator will be accepted for "No, go ahead, you can shower first...I'm fine."
7. All photos taken on a girl trip are subject to veto by the subject.
8. What happens on a girl trip stays on the girl trip unless one of you starts a blog.
Amendments to Rules of a Girl Trip
A1. If it has a wheel in each corner and a fifth wheel to aim it, it is a car.
A2. Shopping on a girl trip is like stopping to smell the roses, you just gotta do it.
A.3. There is no such thing as a wrong turn on a girl trip. If you can't go whale watching due to bad weather, then take the lighthouse trolley tour. If you don't get out to LL Bean because you are crashing in the hotel room, it is still all part of the plan.
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