Talk:Red Hat Society
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but why are they so evil. ):
What about women over 40 but under 50? Or did I miss something? -- sannse (talk) 11:01, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
A woman under the age of 50 is considered a "pink hatter" and she wears pink hats and lavender clothing to gatherings until her 50th birthday when she's "earned" the right to wear the red and purple. It's the one "rule" that is pretty much enforced throughout the RHS
There goes the Baby Boomers again... [sigh] 221.25.208.156 05:11, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be useful to have some indication of what the purpose of the organisation is? Being women over 50 and wearing red hats, etc., gives the membership requirement and the uniform, but what do they do? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 20:41, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- They do lunch, mostly. Sometimes tea. ;-) They are purely a social organization. As their website puts it, the only purpose is to "have fun". Jonathunder 01:49, 2005 Apr 5 (UTC)
If you want to know what they do, read the poem. It gives a pretty good idea of the sort of antisocial behaviour that they should, at any rate, be getting up to. Large, if not enormous, meals probably do come into it. -- Derek Ross | Talk 01:18, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
At the start the group was strictly a social club, but it has long since expanded into a business entity with several published books, a travel agency, even its own credit card! It's pretty much another way to dupe Boomers out of their money...again!
I thought I read, a few years ago, that The Red Hat Society was started in the early 1900's buy ladies of high society in Georgia or there abouts. They gathered primarily to catch up on the latest gossip while sitting for civilized tea and showing off in their finest apparel.
