We've always had difficulty making new friends. As children, we were painfully shy and even now it takes a while for us to open up to new people. We feel fortunate that our son can say "hello!" to everyone and their mother -- which brings us to meeting mothers...
Usually, children are a good ice breaker but other times we're left to fend for ourselves at the playground, during soccer practice, at school. We've been lucky enough to form a few friendships but it's still hard at times to meet and click with new people.
How about you? How do you meet (and make) new mom --- or dad --- friends?
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Comments (7)
I'm a work at home mom and big time introvert. I would never manage to make friends without others making the first move. I joined meetup.com and found a local play group. While I wouldn't classify my relationship with these moms as being close enough to qualify as friendship, they are women acquaintances whom I have generally have a good time around and give me a regular excuse to get out of the house beyond errands.
I'm a stay at home mom and the first one of my friends to have a child. I joined a stroller fitness class in my area to meet other stay at home moms and get in shape.
It's worked! I've made some new friends and I'm working on introducing myself to a whole new me!
umm, i have a six month old and i have made exactly zero mom friends. i just have my regular old friends. maybe when she goes to preschool.
I found lots of mom friends in my local chapter of MOMS Club. The website for this international group is www.momsclub.org It is an amazing group!
-Hospital birth month club
-Local moms' groups
-Meetup.com or Craigslist (you can start your own playgroup!!!)
-Local playgrounds
-Mommy and me classes -- check your city's parks & rec offerings, libraries, stroller strides, yoga, swimming pool
-Parenting centers like Day One or community centers with mom programs
-Toy stores
I met my best friend in the childbirth class at the hospital. It was great having our kids in unison, and growing our friendship during this magical time. At work, everyone is (was!) retirement age, so I was very, very lucky to have found her.
My next door neighbor back home had children in the same age range (her youngest was 6 months older than our eldest), and so we took walks and occasionally did things together, which was handy, although we never became bosom buddies.
Since then, I have made friends with other moms at my daughter's Montessori. My husband has made friends there too (he's wound up as the Parent Rep), and has remarked that for probably the first time in our lives, we are with people like ourselves -- same age, similar career point/ similar careers and aspirations, similar values. It's been really great.
I met my best mom friend in the parking lot at Walgreen's!