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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have families over to dinner.  Better to invite both parents and kids, if kids are young, and do an early dinner.
Host a party at your home.  Holidays are coming up, now is the time to plan an event.
Join stuff.  Volunteer organizations, groups at church, classes, book clubs.  Many of these won't lead to friendships outside of the activity, but it is a regular meeting time of people who are happy to see you.[/quote]

This. My kids are still little (preschoolers) so not too many activities yet. We have people over for dinner a lot on weekdays and weekends, with and without their kids. Nothing complicated but it gives us a couple hours to catch up and build a relationship if these are new friends and neighbors.  We make time for our friends we had pre kids as well. Dh goes to a grad school happy hour (he was done 10 years ago) every couple months and I also volunteer and have made friends through that venue as well. Interestingly I've been at the same company for 15 years and have hung out with only one person outside of work.
But mainly it's finding time to spend time with people and genuinely listening to them and their lives for an hour or two at a time as well as seeking out people who are not necessarily on the hamster wheel and are willing to invest in meaningful friendships. We have also hired babysitters or called in grandparents to do adult only activities like concerts and galleries with child free friends (who enjoy those things) because I value those experiences and want to share them with people who appreciate them too. [/quote]

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