How long did your PACE group last after the formal meetings were over?

[Anonymous]

Mine seems to be dying as people start acknowledging that, other than all being nice and having kids the same age, there's really no "click". It's been a year.

[Anonymous]

6 years.
It has even survived one couple moving out of the country with many of the group visiting. The fact that they moved to Bermuda helps. I don't know if this is normal but just so happened the whole group just gelled.

[Anonymous]

we all really got along well, as it was an eccletic group, meaning i don't think many of us would be friends outside of the group, but that is what was so nice about it, as noone was "clicky" we all just got along and supported one another. we stayed in really good touch about a year, then it fizzled, as i have found to be the case with most of the groups we have been in. people change, go back to work, and sometimes you just lose that "new mom" status that made you have something in common. don't take it personally or get bummed.

[Anonymous]

my pace group felt so much like junior high -- not so much in terms of cliques, but in the sense that everyone was trying to put on their best face and show that they're the best mom, have the best husband, best house, best jobs, and were not having any problems adjusting to life as a new parent. looking back, i think the fact that no one (me included) really opened up to other group members made it a limited experience for everyone.