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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]do you live in a neighborhood?  start a wine night for your neighbors.  invite all the ladies for a couple hours.  open a couple bottles of wine and set out an appetizer or two.  see if others want to continue the wine night once a month.

this happened in our neighborhood a couple years ago, and all the neighbors, most of which knew none of the other neighbors got to know each other.  i now have a few close friends through that method.[/quote]

i would totally come to this. OP, where do you live?[/quote]

I love this suggestion.

I hear you, OP, it's hard. Sometimes I wonder if it's me, but reading DCUM made me realize it's other people too, haha.

Re existing friend groups, a lot of my close friends are still ppl who moved here that I knew from college and grad school. And I made a set of friends at my first job that had a lot of young ppl. I also joined a mom's group and part of the purpose was socializing, so there weren't the same awkward barriers to "is it weird to ask for this person's number."

A lot of families in my neighborhood seem to be close but for us it's a tough but to crack. Tried at the local pool etc but it isn't going beyond superficial conversation. I don't know why. Same in my current job actually

Now I am making some friends thru my kids. Some seem willing to "put themselves out there" in taking initiative or the first step in wanting to socialize, which I really appreciate.

Agree with PPs on hobbies or volunteering as well if you have the time. But also just empathize that it's not easy IMHO[/quote]

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