Originally Posted by orangeroom
I thought about joining the local guild. Visited for an evening with one of my best friends and my mom. We all left with the same feeling of non-acceptance. The women who ran the guild, skipped over us when it came to show and tell time, when clearly we had finished projects and WIP's on lap and in hands ready to show. When we raised our hands throughout the course of the night, we were ignored. Not one woman greeted us or said one word to us all night, 2-3 hours!
I don't really want to make a long drive to find a guild where I'm accepted and belong.
PS-none of us had any deformities and we all bathe regularly.
I just posted my comments about this on another post. I, too, visited a guild when I first began quilting. The first night was OK, but from then on, after they got my membership dues, I never felt a part of the group. It had 4-5 cliques within the guild, and if you weren't part of their group, tough luck. I tried to join in as best I could. Did not work at all. Like you, I was rarely spoken to, if at all. I finally just quit going, and I obviously was not missed as I certainly was never contacted by anyone. If you feel you are an outsider after going for six months or so, it's time to hang it up ... so I did.