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Club starts for divorced women

A new club for divorced women of all ages has started on the Peninsula.

Peninsula resident and club founder Ms Angela Cowan said she felt a need for divorced women in the area to continue socialising after divorce and founded the Divorced Women's Club as a result.

"The reason for my starting the club was two-fold," Ms Cowan said.

"Firstly, I found that as a separated woman of two years and in my late-30s I didn't especially want to jump back into another relationship so quickly, but still wanted to go out and have fun, particularly with other females.

"I also found that on weekends and during school holidays when I didn't have the children, and other families were either doing things together or away holidaying, I wanted to know how to get in touch with other women who were in the same position as me.

"Secondly, through my own experience of having been through a marriage separation, I appreciate the anxious loneliness of being on my own and urging a new relationship to materialise just to keep the loneliness demons away.

"However, through the support of other women I am able to enjoy all the places and activities that couples enjoy but with women.

"I also feel less critical of myself about being divorced and single because I now have a network of women who are happy to get together."

Ms Cowan said the new club was about enjoying being an individual, supporting other women of similar circumstances, taking responsibility for creating one's social network and having fun.

"Over the last couple of months I have been digesting the idea of forming a club and have met many women who have wanted to be part of a network of women who did things together like dinners, sporting activities, hobbies and generally getting together for a chat," Ms Cowan said.

"I have even had women who are married ask me if they can join.

"I don't like to exclude women who are keen, but I want to just focus on the needs of divorced women for now."

Ms Cowan said the club was based on a network database of women's contact details and general interests that could be accessed by other divorced or separated women.

"This information will then be distributed to all members of the club and it will be up to each individual of the club who they choose to make contact with," Ms Cowan said.

"As an example, if I wanted to go for a walk for an hour tomorrow morning with someone from the club, I could look up the database for someone who has walking down as a general interest and either phone them up or email them and ask if they are interested in joining me. "The database will also have the flexibility to organise larger group outings too.

"For example, if someone in the group didn't have their children on a specific weekend and they wanted to arrange a big group dinner, they could do a group email with the details and plan the event from there."

For more information or to get your details onto the social networking database phone Angela Cowan on 4341 3654.

"I think that getting support from other women who have gone through a divorce is important since normalising any experience helps put our own stuff into perspective," Ms Cowan said.

"When we hear how other women experienced their separation we can share, empathise, support, encourage and offer resources and just be there for the other person.

"Divorce is also a traumatic experience generally, mixed with relief, anxiety, low self-esteem and uncertainty.

"It's comforting and appreciating that out of the mine field there is also fun, personal growth, new friendships, a balance of work and play and other women who just 'get where you're at'."


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