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[quote=Anonymous]I mostly do 1:1 friendships OP and I do think it works better for me. But everyone is different. I don't think I get as much out of hanging out with a group as some other people might -- I have tried at various times in my life to do the girls night or girls weekend thing and it's not horrible it's just not how I prefer to socialize or spend my time. The last time I tried it was when my first was born and I was in a mom's support group. The group was fine but afterwards people would get together at a cafe to hang out and I just found it awkward and stressful.

BUT I did become friends with one of the women in that group and we still hang out 1:1 now. But I stopped going to the group outings even though those women (including my friend) still hang out now and again. Nothing against the other women. I think I'm just not a group person.

I think the biggest drawback to this approach is that it makes it harder to have casual friends because a lot of people view 1:1 hangouts as reserved for closer friends. It would be nice to have some more "medium" friends. When I worked in an office this would have been a coworker I ate lunch with or something. But I WFH now. So I don't really have medium friends -- just acquaintances and then close friends. It works okay but I do wish it was easier to have more casual friendships with women without havign to hang out as a big group but oh well.[/quote]

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