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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, not sure how to say this nicely, but you are way way overthinking this.  Your post reads like you're in 10th grade.  Just because you are a mom with similar-aged kids doesn't mean you're going to be best friends with anyone.  "Stephanie" might just have a lot in common with "Kristin" or maybe their kids happen to really like each other.  I didn't read anything that makes Stephanie not seem like a good person - she's just met Kristin and they like each other and have hung out more and more.  It's not a reflection on you at all.

So obviously these two women aren't going to be your new best friends - don't take it personally.  Seriously you're only going to really want to be friends with a small portion of the people you meet in life - that doesn't change just because you've met a bunch of fellow moms.

Honestly if you act anything like your post, I can tell you why people aren't gravitating towards you.  And this has NOTHING to do with your daughter.  Seriously.

What do you do for work?  Is there anything interesting about you that people might like?  Or do you spend most of your time thinking like you've posted here?  [/quote]

I think I needed a little tough love on this. Thanks. I don't want to be friends with Stephanie. Just unfortunate.
I'll grow up and focus on making other friends.
And no, I don't spend time thinking about this a lot. Just today -- I came home from library time feeling alone, despite having just talked to several people.[/quote]

Ok, that makes sense.  I wasn't trying to be hard on you and I know making friends continues to suck throughout your life sometimes for most people :)  I've felt left out before with other moms too.  But you really need to not take any of this personally.  And maybe you need to take the classic "dating" advice and get involved in something you love.  Volunteer, work at your kid's school, join a club, take up a hobby.  I don't mean that to trivialize what you're doing, but if you spend enough time thinking like this that you felt the need to post, it means to me that you need more going on in your life and it could just be that you need to meet people who like the same things you like.  Get out there and get busy and this stuff will be a complete non-issue.[/quote]

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