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Meg Conley's avatar

“Your friends want you to do this for you, and if they don’t, you need new friends.” That’s where I started crying. This was so good.

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Tina's avatar

Yes, this should be more common. My friend threw me a virtual JMT shower (because I’d quit my corporate job and was being an itinerant ski bum) where everyone bought me hiking gear and backpacking food for thru-hiking the John Muir Trail, one of my long time life goals, off an Amazon wishlist. My friend who did this for me has had those traditional milestones of marriage and kids. I helped plan her engagement party years ago. I was grateful when she suggested it and it did help defray costs associated with a 3 week backpacking trip. It was validating that friends were celebrating my non-traditional life goal and I did send everyone thank you postcards.

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