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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The key is to stick with an activity. A few examples:
In my late 20s I took group guitar classes. I heard it was super social. After 8 weeks I didn’t feel like I had made any connections. After the 2nd 8 week session, someone asked “should we all sign up together again?” And after the 3rd session, we were going out together after class, inviting each other to do things socially separate from class.

I joined a loosely organized running group. It was casual, there is a core group but the people fluctuate week to week. It took 6 months before people started asking me to run with them other times or just text to say hi, saw this, thought of you.

It was the end of the 2nd full (non-pandemic) school year before I felt like I knew people at PTA meetings and they wanted to talk to me.

It was the 2nd season our kids played on the rec soccer team that I felt like another mom was an actual friend, not an acquaintance.

In general, you are doing the right things but you need to persist. Assess “are these my people? Are these people who share my interests and values that I want spend time with?” If yes, then show up and KEEP showing up. [/quote]

Agree with this poster! Moms are busy people and have few social activities in general, so it takes a long time to break into someone's social group outside of these activities.[/quote]

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