How welcoming is your moms club?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's like sororities, except now you're an adult and buying friends didn't work well even back in the day..

Lol it’s not at all like a sorority in any way. I wish it were!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like sororities, except now you're an adult and buying friends didn't work well even back in the day..

Lol it’s not at all like a sorority in any way. I wish it were!

I actually think it’s a lot like one. Or seems like it to me. No one seems like real, true friends. They’re all people who needed to “buy” their friends. The meet ups feel forced. It’s so basic.

I quit my membership, can you tell?

[Anonymous]

And the rules oh god the rules

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like sororities, except now you're an adult and buying friends didn't work well even back in the day..

Lol it’s not at all like a sorority in any way. I wish it were!

Yeah maybe if it were like a sorority, it would be actually fun and not like pulling teeth to get anyone other than the same 10 people to show up for stuff.

I just don’t think there’s a lot of stay at home moms in this area anymore. Even at my kid’s half-day preschool, it seems like half the kids are dropped off/picked up by a nanny or grandparent. I’m told that when our club started in the early 2000’s it had close to 100 members. Now we’re lucky if we have 40.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Hm...my 65 year old mom was in one and still has friends from it. They called it "baby group." I'm 34, so they've been around at least that long. It was a way to meet new people in a similar stage of life when she moved to my hometown. Not for me, but they're not a new thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like sororities, except now you're an adult and buying friends didn't work well even back in the day..

Lol it’s not at all like a sorority in any way. I wish it were!

Yeah maybe if it were like a sorority, it would be actually fun and not like pulling teeth to get anyone other than the same 10 people to show up for stuff.

I just don’t think there’s a lot of stay at home moms in this area anymore. Even at my kid’s half-day preschool, it seems like half the kids are dropped off/picked up by a nanny or grandparent. I’m told that when our club started in the early 2000’s it had close to 100 members. Now we’re lucky if we have 40.

What's wrong with the 10 people who show up and actually want to participate? You only take your friends in batches of 40?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like sororities, except now you're an adult and buying friends didn't work well even back in the day..

Lol it’s not at all like a sorority in any way. I wish it were!

Yeah maybe if it were like a sorority, it would be actually fun and not like pulling teeth to get anyone other than the same 10 people to show up for stuff.

I just don’t think there’s a lot of stay at home moms in this area anymore. Even at my kid’s half-day preschool, it seems like half the kids are dropped off/picked up by a nanny or grandparent. I’m told that when our club started in the early 2000’s it had close to 100 members. Now we’re lucky if we have 40.

What's wrong with the 10 people who show up and actually want to participate? You only take your friends in batches of 40?

You never want to actually meet new people? Interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like sororities, except now you're an adult and buying friends didn't work well even back in the day..

Lol it’s not at all like a sorority in any way. I wish it were!

I actually think it’s a lot like one. Or seems like it to me. No one seems like real, true friends. They’re all people who needed to “buy” their friends. The meet ups feel forced. It’s so basic.

I quit my membership, can you tell?

Ours is very laid back and welcoming. Dues are $30 a year so it’s not about money at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Hm...my 65 year old mom was in one and still has friends from it. They called it "baby group." I'm 34, so they've been around at least that long. It was a way to meet new people in a similar stage of life when she moved to my hometown. Not for me, but they're not a new thing.

Yep. Both my mom and MIL were in one in the 1980s. In the 50s my grandmas had moms groups too, but they were all SAHMs who drank, played cards and the kids ran around outside.

[Anonymous]

About 10 years ago I lived in an area that had two mom's groups via meetup. I joined one and the girls were all really nice/friendly/included everyone and I later found out that they all branched off the original group because of the clique-ish-ness and "mean-girl" vibe. I loved that they just started their own and it grew big enough to rival the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

[Anonymous]

I'm in a mom's club and it has been a great way to meet others in the area. I think our group tries hard to be inclusive of new members. They also "allow" working moms to join. Some of the most popular events are in the evening and we don't bring the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

So the SAHMs are starving their kids?

[Anonymous]

I've had way more success meeting other moms at church.