Ways to make mom friends
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Anonymous
| I have a 9 year old and have never had a close mom friend. Most of my female friends don't have kids. Can you give recs for how to make more mom friends thanks? |
Anonymous
| Become a scout leader. Make friends with the other parents and other scout leaders. |
Anonymous
| Sports |
Anonymous
| Why mom friends? I actually almost posted this, but I'm looking for just regular friends, not mom friends. |
Anonymous
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Agree that finding some activity where there are lots of other parents is the best way. Friendships happen from repeated interactions with the same people - and especially when you are working on things together. Places I've seen moms make friendships in late elementary: PTA, coaching girls on the run, summer swim team (if you volunteer a lot), hosting neighborhood bbqs, running the bookfair. Those activities can lead to people chatting about their hobbies or events and being able to pipe in "oh, I'd love to get closer to some other moms. If you have another happy hour some time I'd love to come" or "I've always wanted to try climbing; could I tag along with you sometime?".
Age 9 can be a little hard as a lot of other parents kind of have established themselves in a crowd, but that just means you need to put yourself out there a little more and take risks on initiating friendships. Once you connect with a group connections will lead to more connections. |
Anonymous
If you have a lot on non-mom friends, it can be nice to have some people who also are at the same stage of parenting. My closest friends are all single, or have an only who is far in age from my own, but there are things I can't get from those relationships that I do get from the group on mom's I regularly meet up and text with. |
Anonymous
| Recently, it’s been through PTA, soccer and our neighborhood. It’s work, not going to lie. |
Anonymous
| It's by making friends with your kids' friends' parents. Invite them in for coffee or cocktails or whatever. Throw a Halloween party and invite them to drop by and hang out. |
Anonymous
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Sports/organized activities for sure.
Attending PTA meetings or some light volunteering at school can be helpful if you have the time |
Anonymous
| Sports. Stuff like baseball/softball, soccer, summer swim team. You will get to know a lot of parents (repeated exposure every week & time to chat) and sometimes translates easily to casually hanging out outside of games. “Hey we are grabbing pizza at a nearby place after the game, want to join us?” We moved to a new city when our kids were small, without knowing anyone, and have made a lot of acquaintances/casual friends through our kids’ sports over the years. I met my closest friend here through my son’s tball team, years ago- the boys are now in middle school. |
Anonymous
| I’ve made mom friends through my neighborhood. I’m actually pretty lucky because a bunch of families I really like have a kid the same age as mine. I also have some work friends who became mom friends because we have kids the same age. I’m talking a total of five other families who have kids born within 5 weeks of my kid. So some of this was pure luck. |
Anonymous
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Be careful because it can fall apart at middle school.
Better to find non mom friends at age 9! |
Anonymous
NP. This is the truth. |
Anonymous
| Volunteer at the school and with other activities. I've met a lot of amazing friends through the school and our local swim team. |
Anonymous
| Be a joiner - the PTA has tons of opportunities for mom friends. Volunteer to coach a sport or do Girl Scouts or just be very friendly at these things. Agree with hosting a family/neighborhood party too. |