Discussion on the importance of personal growth and support (Part 3)

And all the like, stranger danger we had learned growing up was just like out the window. We were like, what? Women hanging out, let's do it. Because the post kind of took wings. A lot of people responded, didn't they? Yeah. Got like hundreds of comments. Like it was like something like 700 comments. And my DMs stopped working because so many people were messaging me about it. And what was it that made you guys want to send the message and support Bridget? My husband and I have been married for six, 16, almost 17 years next month. And he regularly gets overwhelmed by my birthday. Cause he wants to do so much and then he ends up doing nothing because he overthinks it. So I always have a miserable birthday. So when I saw Bridget's post, I was like, I'm just gonna do something for myself. I'm turning 40. Like I'm gonna go into middle age and just like, have a great time. And then I was like, it's not really even for myself. I wanna go and like, meet these women, support this non bride. I wanna do something outside of myself, I guess, so that I don't just wallow. I makes sense. I'm really glad I did because we all got so much out of it. And the actual non wedding day, was that for you, Bridget, quite difficult or was it cathartic? I definitely thought it was going to be more difficult. There were certainly aspects of it that were hard. Like right off the bat, I was like, okay, this is a reframing day. I have opportunities to. Instead of going and skipping the place because that's where something would have happened, I'm going to go to this place. And this is going to be the kickoff to an amazing new memory. And now I'll want to return to this place. I was like, faced with multiple opportunities in the day to butt up against something that had mentally made me uncomfortable leading up to it, I guess. And I mean, I was just so supported. Like, I can't even. Like there was such a level of uplift. Like I could turn anywhere and like, get a hug if I needed it. It was just. Everybody was there for everybody that day. And Rob too, our photographer did an incredible job. I think one of my favorite moments was like one of those old friary sites and there's like the long alleyway. And he was like, all right, everybody is get their chance and you're gonna just walk straight at me. Everybody's gonna. Everybody else is gonna stand behind me and just cheer for the woman that's getting her moment on the camera. So it became this, like, one at a time, like, all walking, cheering, like, screaming for each other. And it was just super uplifting. And, yeah, that was like, the whole day felt like that. And I think it kind of distracted me from some of the processing. What do you hope someone reading this or someone seeing it, what do you hope they feel, like, inspired or maybe to take a chance to put themselves out there a bit? Yeah.