- But first, you know, I'm all about women supporting women.
And while we have found four ladies in our audience
who've been doing something super cool
for the past two decades that we could all do.
You can implement in your own lives
Once a month without fail,
they've gotten together for a special girls night out
and they call it GNO, girls night out,
and they've had all sorts of adventures from pole dancing
to going to a shooting range.
This is my crew y'all, I have found my people.
I'll let them explain more.
So, let's meet Nicole, Catherine, Annette, and Kim.
(audience cheering)
- So this is amazing!
So Kim, tell everybody how this got started.
- Thanks for having us.
We got started years ago, we're four Armenian girlfriends.
We met at our church up in Oakland, California.
And so one day in January of 2002,
we had tickets to a Golden State Warriors game.
We went to the game, we had a great time.
And after the game we all said,
"We need to do something again."
Like, "We need to do this every month."
And here we are, this month marks a 245th consecutive months
of getting together and doing- - [Kelly] What?
- a different activity.
- Yeah.
(audience cheering)
(audience clapping)
- Way to make a goal and fulfill it.
Gosh, that's like the thing, my girlfriends we talk about,
like, we've just went out the other night and we're like,
we're on a, this is a Saturday night.
There are like adults we're like drinking wine.
Like it was like, and it never happens.
So way to set the goal and actually do it.
So Nicole, just like "Fight Club", there are rules for GNO.
So what are they?
- There are rules, but unlike Fight Club, we talk about GNO.
- [Kelly] Okay. Okay.
- So our rules are that we try to keep our activities
for around $20 a piece.
And there's a lot of great things you can do for free.
So you're not just going out and having cocktails
month after month.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
- But we're not, there's nothing wrong with that.
If that's what you wanna do.
- [Nicole] There's nothing wrong with that.
- [Kelly] Yeah, no shade.
- We just wanted the activity to be important.
So we take turns
and we rotate who chooses the activity each month,
you cannot repeat an activity.
So you do have to be a little creative.
- In 240 something y'all have never repeated?
- We've varied, but no,
no two have been alike. - Okay, I like it.
Okay, the line. I get it, okay.
- The most important rule though, that we've come up with
is that you must say yes
even if it's something you're really not into.
If you don't wanna tap dance that night,
you're gonna tap dance that night
and you are gonna have a great time doing it.
- Forced friendship, fun.
- Uh huh! That's what's kept it going.
- [Kelly] I love it. - Yeah!
(audience applauding) - [Kelly] I love y'all.
So Annette and Catherine,
tell us about some of your adventures.
- So again, we've done a lot of crazy things.
It runs the gamut from everything from crafting, to cooking,
sports, we've played all sorts of different sports.
Some of our favorites,
so one of our recent ones was laughter therapy,
where we literally get in a room
and we laugh with the coach-
- [Kelly] Yes! - for an hour.
- And you're just in the best mood afterwards.
- So y'all are probably trying like random stuff.
You're like, sure. Here's a Groupon.
(audience laughing) - Exactly.
- Yes.
- That is a good resource! - That's the thing.
- We've done ax throwing,
which is a little bit harder than you would think.
It took us awhile to get our bull's eyes.
But, we persevered.
- That sounds fun. - Yes. (laughs)
We've had cooking competitions.
We've learned how to play the drums
and performed in a drum circle, yes.
- [Kelly] Oh my gosh.
- Yeah, and I just, you know, we take turns planning
and this was my month to plan.
And so for our activity,
we've come down to visit you at the show.
(audience cheering) - [Kelly] I love it!
You're out!
(audience clapping)
- This is the farthest we've traveled for a GNO.
We typically stay pretty close to the Bay Area
in our home base.
But, this stretched us beyond our geographic region.
- [Kelly] Yeah.
- And actually every month those stretches us in some way,
again, out of our comfort zones and to doing something new.
And I think that's what I love most about it is that,
you know, through the ups and downs, crazy, busy lives
and 20 years of ups and downs and craziness
that we have that tether
to always kind of coming back to that
second Monday of every month
and, you know, growing and learning together
through shared experience.
And I think it's kept the friendship really strong.
- I love this.
(audience cheering)
- And while I think it's really cool to come to my show,
I don't know if y'all have any plans or not
for like your next girls' night out,
but you might wanna get ready for this.
Because we are sending you
on the ultimate girls' night out getaway
to Breathless Cabo San Lucas Resort and Spa in Mexico.
(all cheering)
- You will experience five days of unlimited luxury
in an Allure Suite plus gourmet eateries, two infinity pools
and award-winning rooftop lounge, captivating marina views,
and an exciting entertainment lineup.
That's gonna be awesome.
(all cheering)
Honestly, like it seems so little,
but I know that you'll have to look forward to that Monday.
Like so much, like it's something for you,
and just to have those little goals,
I think as parents as well, like just having your me time
like those are so important and I've learned that.
So thank you for the inspiration, ladies.
- [Annette] Wow. (audience cheering)
- Yeah. Yeah.