Ladies Meet as the name suggests is an official meeting of Officers’ wives. In earlier days, with no telephone and no other means of frequent interactions, the ladies often felt left out, especially with their husbands away guarding the frontiers. Such meets thus became a means of solace and comfort and also to meet ladies from other units and arms.
Ladies meets are held once a month usually on the second Saturday afternoon / evening so that even the working women can attend. The responsibility to host the meet lies with different sets of ladies each time. Ladies take turns to host and look forward to it. Since the kids aren’t allowed to such meets, it is often a chance to have some absolute fun.
They are also held to celebrate important events. It usually starts with a welcome speech by the Ladies Club Secretary and the introduction to new members, old or young and the games, contests and entertainment lead to prizes and eventually to food! It is lots of fun and also responsible discussions, including the initiatives to be taken so as to improve the life of the ladies in the station. A perfect chance to interact and meet the senior ladies (read VIP)These meets may also have the retired officer’s wife attending who love to share their experiences and feel of being back to the Unit and how nostalgic that is. Thereby, such get-togethers become more than just casual meetings, but an emotional and sensitive interaction which one would cherish throughout. Such interactions and experiences helps you prepare to sail for the coming phase of life.
It is a full fledged programme of two hours with the ladies exhibiting their talent including dance, skit, coffee painting, quilling etc. There also is vegetable carving and best out of waste and Man, they are outstanding.
Ladies meets are mostly accompanied by themes. And the popular ones include Black and White, Retro, Monsoon, Mughal, Pink and Pearls, Go Green, Valentine’s, Flowers, Shopping Carnival, Red Carpet with Filmfare kind of setting, etc. From the dress to the invitation cards to the folders, we make sure that the event adhers to the theme. There are competitions too and the best dressed will win a prize. We had a flower theme once and the lady who wore flower embroidered saree and used real flowers for jewelry and a purse, won the competition. We take part in many fun games too and take home many prizes. How can I forget the sumptious spread of food and mocktails based on the themes!
Shopping Carnival Theme
The invitations and folders hand made by a dear friend, an Army Wife- Lilly 🙂
Garden Party is the grandest of them all as it is by the senior most lady in the station. You can probably say, it is an acknowledgement of the wonderful meets throughout the year. It is mesmerizing to see the ladies clad in beautiful flower painted sarees. Here’s a peek.
Garden Party
And that’s me 😀
I am Married to the Olive Green and I’m writing about the 26 things which I get to do/experience that you as a Civilian wife do not!
I hope you come back again tomorrow!
Meanwhile, here is an easy Chicken recipe from my Food Blog to try out!
I’m on co-host Pam’s Unconventional Alliance Team along with Parul from Happiness and Food, Rajlakshmi from The Twinkle Eyed Traveler andDestiny’s Child and Claire from A Field Trip Life
You are looking lovely (kala teeka from my side!) Lovely theme and creativity at the meets – thanks for the sneak peek 🙂 But it did remind me of our blog challenge – could see some similiarities 😉
Wow Shalini, that sounds like a whole lot of fun! What amazing themes and what pains the ladies undertake in detailing and planning the events. A wonderful social event to bond with like-minded ladies with common interests and learn more about everything. Wonderful pictures and you dear girl look ravishing!
@KalaRavi16 from
Relax-N-Rave
This is a lovely post! The Ladies Meets look like fun, special times. How cool that you get to take part in them. I love your theme. I believe in the power of gratitude and finding a silver lining, and you’re doing a wonderful job of that here. I will definitely catch up on the rest of your posts!
You summed it up so well, ladies meet is indeed fun and a chance for many ladies to showcase their talents!
Ladies meets with themes! Sounds like fun 🙂
That’s beautiful Shalini!
Tina From
The Sunny Side of Life
Twinkling Tina Cooks
Honestlt these meets must be the trendsetter in the civilian society too dearie, trult stunned to know about them 🙂
And yeah your Pic is epic <3
That sounds like so much fun. So many experiences shared right? Loved the pictures in this post and you look amazing 🙂
You look lovely. Such official parties must be fun. I have heard a relative of mine talk about these 🙂
Love that lively picture. You look gorgeous 🙂
That’s a lot of meticulous planning, preparation to make event a success every month. And you ladies are rock-stars to be talented in so many fields.
Truly inspirational 🙂
@theerailivedin from The Era I Lived In
Your post sounds very familiar to me as my sis-in-law often talks about Ladies meet. I am sure, you re having a great time in such meets.
And You are looking gorgeous in that saree. 🙂
@Manisha_Awasthi from
The Nimble Mime
They sound like a lot of fun and look quite elaborate. I love theme parties!
Lovely! and the pictures show a lot of interesting things
Sir Leprechanrabbit
@leprchaunrabbit
https://yourrootsareshowingdearie.wordpress.com/
Sounds like so much fun.. the ladies must be quite a support for you lonely souls.
Shalini, Thanks for sharing so much from the army wives life. So much as these parties are tempting, I think you women deserve everything under sun for the kind of sacrifices and compromises you make. Will come back for more stories:)
I don’t know where, but I have heard of these meets before today. 🙂 Maybe some relative or some movie perhaps. You do look lovely in yellow and pink. 😀
That’s another nice sneak peek into the life of an army wife :D. Lovely pics which show that you guys have a lot of fun in such meets. Initially when I read ‘Ladies meet’, I straightaway thought of kitty parties ;).