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    We Choose The Bear
    We Choose The Bear
    Launch night · Thursday, October 1 · 8 PM ET

    The club for women who
    chose themselves.

    Monthly Girl Dinners, a book club, a travel club, coaching circles — live, on Zoom, with women like you.

    First month free. Cancel anytime. No dating advice, ever.

    Not ready? Join The Den free — no card.

    Launch night guests from RAINN · RepresentWomen · XX The Switch.

    Exploring on her own terms
    Living single, out loud
    Hands in the center
    Found her people
    Laughing without explanation
    Backing each other up
    Living Single. Out Loud! •We choose the bear •Table for one •Go Bears!! •Come in your jammies •wechoosethebear.club
    How it works

    Three steps to your table.

    1

    Pick your seat

    Join The Den free, or start your free month of The Celebration.

    2

    Get your invite

    Your Zoom link, calendar invite and private Facebook group arrive by email.

    3

    Pull up a chair

    Come to Girl Dinner the first Thursday of the month, in whatever you're wearing.

    This is you

    You're not heartbroken. You're just done explaining yourself.

    You built a life after divorce, or maybe you never needed the marriage in the first place. You like your bed, your money, your Saturday mornings. What you don't have is a table full of women who get it.

    Your married friends mean well, but they keep asking if you're "back out there." You're not out there. You're right here, living a life you chose.

    You don't need fixing. You need a standing dinner date, a book club that goes off topic, and a room that cheers when you say "I bought the house myself."

    That's the club. Pull up a chair.

    Women laughing, traveling, and gathering together

    I searched for a group of women like me. I couldn't find one. So I created my own.

    Here's what I kept running into. There's a room for women who want to date again, and a room for women who want to heal. There wasn't a room for women who are simply happy on their own and a little lonely for their people. Women who love a clean bathroom, a quiet Saturday, and a bank account nobody else touches. Women who still want a table full of friends who get it.

    So we built the table. Once a month we have Girl Dinner with speakers worth logging on for, and you can show up in your jammies, from your bed or your car. There's a book club that always goes off topic, and nobody minds if you only read half. There's a Travel Club for adventures with your girlfriends. And every weekday there's the Get Sh*t Done Hour, where you can knock one thing off your to-do list or just find someone to talk to.

    No dating advice. No pity. Just grown women living single, out loud, together.

    Launch night is October 1. I'd love to see you there.

    Vicky Townsend, founder of We Choose The Bear Club.

    Vicky Townsend

    Founder, We Choose The Bear Club

    Woman hiking alone on a forest trail in the woods

    The Origin Question

    "A man or a bear in the woods?"

    Overwhelmingly, women chose the bear.

    🌲 Why We Choose The Bear

    When women were asked if they were alone in the woods, would they rather come upon a man or a bear, overwhelmingly women chose the bear — and we built what comes next.

    It was never just a viral prompt. It was hundreds of thousands of women saying out loud what they'd known quietly for years: peace, autonomy, and building a life on your own terms isn't a fallback plan. It's a first choice.

    What you get

    Not a bulletin board. A room.

    Six things that turn "I should join something" into "I have plans tonight."

    A dinner date that never cancels

    Girl Dinner, once a month on Zoom. Real conversation, breakout tables of 8, and whatever you're eating counts as dinner.

    A book club that goes off topic

    One book a month, zero judgment if you only read half. The discussion is the point.

    A coaching circle that knows your name

    Monthly small-group session with a real coach. Capped small, same women every time, so you're a person, not a screen name.

    Travel Club

    See the world. Skip the "plus one." Group trips and solo-travel know-how for women who stopped waiting for a travel partner.

    The Get Sh*t Done Hour

    Mon–Fri at 1 PM ET. A co-working session with women who also have a list. Camera optional, getting it done required.

    The private room

    Our members-only Facebook group, where the conversation continues between events and someone always answers.

    Membership

    Pick your seat at the table.

    One is free. One is the club. And 50 founding seats for women who want in for life.

    We Choose The Bear

    The Den

    Free. Always.

    Free

    No card needed.

    • The newsletter
    • The Den Facebook group
    • Your first Girl Dinner, on us.
    • See who we are before you decide
    The Club

    The Celebration

    First month free

    We Choose The Bear
    First month free.
    Founders lock in $29/month for life. First 500 women only.
    $49/month

    or $490/year (two months free)

    • Girl Dinner with a guest speaker every month
    • Private Facebook group + daily GSD Hour (1 PM ET)
    • Book Club, third Sunday of the month
    • Coaching circles with our coaches
    • Pop-up events included
    • Travel Club: group trips and solo-travel know-how
    • A Go Bears mug in the mail

    The mug ships after your first payment. The friendships start immediately.

    Card required. Nothing charged for 30 days. Cancel anytime.

    Matriarchy

    A coach in your corner

    $247

    per month

    • Everything in The Celebration
    • A 50-minute private coaching call every month
    • A thermal cup in the mail
    • Member pricing on merch

    No trial. Billed today.

    Founding Partner

    $999, once.

    The Celebration for life, and your name and photo on our Founding Partners wall. Fifty seats, then it's gone.

    Become a Founding Partner
    Girl Dinner Schedule

    Upcoming Girl Dinner Topics

    No dating advice, no performative small talk. Real experts and real topics from the comfort of your bed, your couch, or your kitchen sink.

    🌸

    Launch Night · Oct 1 · 8 PM ET · The Next Six Months

    One big night a month. Bring yourself — that's the whole dress code.

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    October - Getting to know YOU
    October Dinner
    Season opener · Launch night · 8 PM ET

    Getting to know YOU

    The night we introduce ourselves properly. Who we are, why we chose the bear, and where our giving goes.

    Pamela Flemming, XX The Switch — building a Chrome extension that helps you find and support women-owned businesses every time you shop
    Gena Diacomanolis, RAINN's Director of Institutional Giving — how the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization turns support into real help for survivors
    Cynthia Richie Terrell, RepresentWomen — Founder & Executive Director on getting more women elected and appointed to office
    Jody Mayo — stage 4 cancer survivor who kicked cancer's ass, asks: what would you do with 8–10 months?

    Your Seat Is Waiting

    Every meeting included with Celebration membership

    First month free · Founders lock in $29/mo for life · Or join The Den free and come to your first Girl Dinner on us.

    Your seat is waiting — Go Bears! wechoosethebear.club
    Questions

    The stuff you're wondering.

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    The club for women who chose themselves. First month free. Cancel anytime. The only thing missing is you.

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