Quote Originally Posted by Hamish
OK I give in! I confess to never having heard of this large organisation you all seem to know.

When I was a child (Oh, SO many years ago!), there was a popular, if common, saying : "Red hat - no drawers!", and I remember my mother telling me that no 'Lady' would ever wear a red hat.

I am afraid that is what I was thinking of.
That's funny! I've never heard that saying before but both my wife and mother are red hat ladies and, while I know that doesn't apply to Gina and I don't want to know if it applies to my mother, that's exactly the sort of societal standards that the "Red Hatters" like to defy. They don't go looking for conflicts but they do relish shocking people out of complacency and making them re-examine their biases. Kind like another group that likes to dress to suit themselves instead of the way society wants them to. I guess I come by it honestly.

Oh, and by the way, a woman under 50 can be a member but she's known as a "pink princess" and when she becomes eligible for full membership they celebrate by holding a "red-uation". These Ladies are a hoot. You never know what off the wall event the'll decide to go to next. None of the Red Hat Ladies I know take themselves seriously even though most of them are extremely competent and accomplished women in their own right.

Jamie