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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom is very outgoing and would have loved to socialize with other couples and families, but my dad is the opposite so we never socialized with other families.  I’m in a similar situation; although my husband and I are both pretty introverted, I’m social and would love to hang out with other couples and families while DH has almost zero interest. I tend to make friends easily while DH doesn’t so he barely makes an effort and naturally, doesn’t click with the other husband’s.  I still hang out with the wives but not being able to do things with our spouses is very limiting to the friendships.  I would love to entertain more, have people over for dinner, but I think in part because we never had people over, I feel awkward about hosting.  Same goes for overnight guests, I hate having them more than I think is normal.  So it sounds like my social life is much more similar to my parents than I would like, and partly in part because of my childhood.  I really would like my kids to be better-adjusted, but it would take a huge effort on my part to get outside my comfort zone.[/quote]

I could have written this. This is exactly me right now, even down to my own parents.[/quote]

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