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[quote=Anonymous]I moved here two years ago, and I have yet to make a single friend. I have loads of acquaintances, get invited to parties and a few dinners, but most of the time conversations are superficial, and the friendships never develop further than whatever interest we are sharing at the time. I SAH, and I do a lot of volunteering, so I've met loads of people, but I have not developed any good friends.

Recently, I met a woman about 10 years older than I, and she told me she's finally realized that you have to keep making friends no matter how old you are. People who give up are going to be in trouble as their friends move away (as many of hers have due to retirement) or die out. She was preparing to move to Florida where her husband wants to retire, and where she knows no one.

If I'm perfectly honest with myself, I am not open to making new friends, even though I'm lonely and want to make friends. It is so exhausting to meet new people, to go through all the getting to know you stuff, and I'm so bogged down and tired with all my family responsibilities that I simply don't have the energy to put into reaching out to people and making new friends. Sad, yes, but that's how things are at the moment. I suppose I'll start reaching out more when the kids go to college, but at the moment, I'm tired, depressed and lonely! [/quote]

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