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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a rural area and my dad worked shift work, so they did not socialize much at all.  We lived in my mom's hometown, so she socialized with family, and a few friends she still had from her high school days.  She was friendly with other kids' moms, but there just wasn't a lot of socializing.  I guess whatever socializing there was happened at church, and there they would hang out out with parents of kids close my age (and my brother's age).  Church was a huge part of our lives - there were regulars potlucks and social dinners.  My dad had some friends from work (and one of them had daughters my age that were my close friends), and a few friends from past jobs and sometimes there was socializing there, too.

But compared to now it feels really different.  We are pretty social and try to meet up with other parents when we're out and about doing kid things, or have friends over.  Most of our friends who live in DC are friends because our kids are friends.  I've lived in DC since 1994 and every friend I regularly hung out with the first two years in DC has moved someplace else.  [/quote]

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