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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a SAHM with a 2 year old in the suburbs (outside the Beltway).  I think it would be much easier to be a SAHM if we didn't live so far out, but we aren't moving so I have to make do with my situation.

The main issues with being a SAHM in the suburbs are lack of proximity to fun kid activities, no friends who live nearby, and nothing within walking distance.  This is mainly a problem during the week.  On weekends, we have many more things to do.

Our weekday mornings are always filled with fun things, like Mommy and Me classes, playground, playgroup, etc.  Then home for lunch and nap.

Then after nap, I'd love to go out again, but traffic is horrible by that time (around 4 pm) and to fight traffic to go to a playground/park that is 15 minutes away or somewhere else at that time of day sucks.  So we usually stay home and play after nap until dinner time, but my 2 year old gets really bored with his toys at home.  There is nothing within walking distance to walk to (just neighborhoods with cul de sacs, no retail or anything else nearby).  Our neighborhood doesn't have any young kids.  We have a large yard, but in the summer it's super buggy so we usually don't hang out in the yard.  So we play inside in the afternoons, and my son has a big playroom with lots of toys, but he gets bored easily at home.

I'd love to do playdates, but we have no friends anywhere near here for afternoon playdates (closest friend is a 20 minute drive, and the parents work full-time, so we rarely see them).  Most of my mom friends work full-time.  I haven't been able to make any other SAHM friends.

We're in several Mommy and Me classes this summer, we do lots of meetups and all sorts of social activities, and I haven't yet met anyone who lives anywhere near me or who seems interested in a friendship.  My son starts preschool this fall, and I'm hoping to find a community that way (though the preschool is a 20 minute drive away, so again, friends will live far away and less likely to want to meet up for playdates).

Can anyone relate?  We're not moving unfortunately so that's not an option.

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