Wednesday April 21: Next Inconvenient get together dinner!!

REASON: A few of you have mentioned you’d like to get together for a dinner. We can sit around, meet each other, share our trials and tribulations and maybe a few laughs. While we want to help each other lose, maybe we can also help each other gain  … a new friend or two (or 5).

 

EVERYONE is invited to come. It doesn’t matter which operation you had, or even if you haven’t had a procedure yet, or maybe you’re just “thinking" about it !! COME and have a good time !!

 

If your apprehensive in attending, let me assure you – you will have a good time. There is No judging !! We are tolerant of each other’s decisions. And if it means anything, the Food Police are banned from our gathering.

 

Each time we do this, I will try to “move" the location - since no one location will be convenient for everyone.

 

This time we’re in the “Southern" section of the Garden State !!

 

Place: Mastoris Diner

Location: 144 U.S. 130 Bordentown, NJ 08505-2218 (609) 298-4650

Time: 5:30 p.m.     it is understandable that not everyone can arrive at this time, so come WHENEVER. We probably won’t order until 6:30 p.m.

 

Menu / Website: http://www.mastoris.com/

 

In the meantime, for the “meeting newbies" here are some meeting request. I hope I don't offend anyone - it's not meant to be that. Just helpful. 

 

(1) If you want a separate check, please let the server know prior to taking the orders. It’s a hassle to ask the server to do this later on. And some places won’t do this if the crowd is too numerous.

 

(2) Usually when we do a group meeting, I like to divide check by the total number of folks at the table, instead of trying to figure out who had what. (If someone brings more than one person, they multiple the total owed by the number of people they have). Now I understand if you only order a coffee and someone else has a Filet Mignon with a 5 lbs Lobster – then we can address that more diplomatically.

 

(3) Please bring CASH (unless you want a separate check). And please make sure you have an assortment of bills. It’s really difficult to make change when everyone brings only 20’s.

 

(4) Bring a CAMERA!! Even if you are like me and camera shy, you’ll still want to take some photos of the folks who are there. I don’t have one or I would.

 

(5) Bring “proof" of your former self. Nothing says “how far you have come" like older photos. Even if you lost only 1 pound, bring your “before" pictures (and at the last meeting we all agree we hate that word only. Be proud of any amount of weight you lost).

 

(6) Please feel free to post and link this on any other forum you peruse (ex. Lapband, Rant and Rave, Realize band, RNY, VBG, VSB, etc). The more the merrier !!

Remember this is a GROUP effort. Please feel free to add your suggestion and/or voice your opinion on any suggestion. AND NO HARD FEELING – this is meant to be a pleasant experience.

 

(7) Print your Obesity Help “Membership" card so we hand them out. If you don’t know how to do this, send me an personal message, and I will send you the instructions.

 

And for those who haven’t had the operation yet – you too are more the welcome to come. In fact, you are encouraged to come!! This would be a ‘true-life’ learning experience to see “life after the operation". You will be able to hear what our ups-and-downs are, and you are encouraged to ask as many questions as you want. Other “up-comers" have come, and found it interesting and educational.

 

Significant others and/or kids are also welcomed (however you may want to leave them behind so you can really enjoy yourself  – it’s up to you)

 

Finally, since I cannot post on every board – please feel free to tell folks and/or copy and paste this on the boards you frequent.

I live right near Mastoris so I will definitely be there! Can't wait to meet everyone!

Jenn Y.

This is 75 miles door-to-door for me. I had so much fun at past dinners, if I can find anyone from Morris County who wants to share the drive, I'd love to be there. Its going to be especially slow that time of day, so unless I have company I'll probably wait till something closer is planned.

Anyone? Please PM me or respond here if you're interested.

You're more then welcome to come with me. I get out of work around 3:30 p.m. and can meet up then and we can head down - hopefully beating traffic.

Thanks for the offer Tom! I have to make sure I can leave that early. I don't want to hold you up if I can't.

I'll let you know...

I'm *SO* there! Can't wait...

Linda, I'll be leaving from the Woodbridge area probably around 4:30-ish.
If you can get down this way by that time, you can ride the rest of the way with me!
My car is almost loaded up, so let me know! :)

Not sure I can at this point, so if you have someone else who wants the seat, don't hold it for me. Thanks for the offer, though! Look forward to seeing you!

this one sounds a little far for my blood...I'll have to try to catch you in May!

Tom
I am really looking forward to attending I live in Yardville NJ which is near Bordentown, I will be bringing my friend who also had WLS we are bandster's. I will have to figure out how to print the membership card I will let you know if I need some help
Thanks for making us feel welcome to the group.
Joann

I am in..but do any possibility of a closer area to hudson county...


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