Stepping on the Blender

There’s no need to ask if you ever stepped on the blender. Everyone has. So how about asking if anyone would like to share a time when life took an unexpected turn, small or big?
Has anyone ever moved away from their hometown for several years then moved back and had a harder than expected time? If you haven’t really left home except for college or a shorter term, do you still compare yourself now to your younger self?
Do your children, no matter the age, act as though certain things you do or say are so wrong?
How do you feel about self checkout lanes?
Do you remember your first kiss? Who was the first special person in your life who died?
What is the embarrassing moment or weakness from years ago that still haunts you?
Mothers try so hard to get everything right. What are some of the things you did that perhaps your children didn’t even know or appreciate when they were younger?
The author wrote about what she learned from finding her father’s journal from his time in World War II. Did anyone in your family or a close friend serve in the war and what did they share with you about the experience?
What are some colloquialisms or “inside jokes” your family shares in its personal language?

When did you make a misstep that ended up having benefits as well as regret?
For several decades women have been saying we all need to quit judging each other. Why does there still seem to be underlying competition and judgment?
Have you encountered famous people? Did you leave them alone or speak to them? Do celebrities owe something to their public?
Would you spend a night with the family of a stranger you met on a plane?
Do you think the professor she dated framed her?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how wrong was it that she looked at the phone of the man she was dating?
The author’s father grew up in an era and economic class that didn’t allow for coddling children. Is it too late for middle-class and upper-class parents to be that strict on their kids and not spoil them?
When do we cross the line of leaning on our friends for support and guilting them into helping look after us?
Why did you choose the tattoo or tattoos you have? Where are they? If you don’t have one, what would you get if you did? Where would it be positioned?
Share some rules that were thrust upon you early or later in life. Did you break them or follow them?
Do southern women have more “rules” than women from other regions of the country?

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