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[quote=Anonymous]I guess this is me, but I don’t worry about reciprocation. If I want to meet up with someone, if it’s been 6 days, or 6 months, I text them an invite/otherwise reach out. I assume if they don’t enjoy my company, they’ll decline. We arrange things in our home often that are child friendly eg. casual dinners in the back yard, movie night, just summer evenings on the deck. We also host a few formal /organized events a year that are children optional/ children welcome early in the evening eg. Oktoberfest. We make those big events - last year, one couple brought two other sets of friends, and that really helped expand our social network.

I’m a trailing spouse who WAH, so my ability to form a network is impeded a little by the fact I don’t generally MEET anyone in a day. I know if I want a network, I have to put in more effort than the people that have been here for their entire lives and know all their friends since 2nd grade. I’d never expect to run a marathon without putting in some kind of effort. [/quote]

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