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[quote=Anonymous]We are the same. We moved here after grad school. So no family, no school friends.

Friendship is all about unstructured time and proximity. You don’t make friends in knitting class; you make friends by going to coffee after knitting every week. Same with work — people are too busy at work generally, so it’s after work that matters.

For us, we don’t live anywhere near coworkers (nearest is two towns over) so meeting up outside work is difficult, and most people don’t stick around after work for events because of long commutes. Neighborhood friends are a work in profess — we just moved here but rarely see our neighbors because we all are working parents with kids in multiple activities.  No unstructured hangout time. We would love to invite more but our house is always a disaster. Old neighborhood had zero families so was a bust in that regard.

Most people make friends when they are young at first jobs before kids or early on with neighbors when walking babies (or dogs, get a dog). That’s generally only time to meet neighbors. Home on maternity leave, hanging with neighbors at park, etc. but they have to live close so dropping in is possible or they either.

Finally, family friends are driven by the moms.  Social dad can help, but moms drive calendar 
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