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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s is the system and culture that makes it very hard. Imagine inviting your friends for coffee at the coffee shop during week days. It rarely happens except on Friends Tv show.[/quote] This. I work and commute, and I have elementary and middle school kids. I don't have time to meet to form casual acquaintances. I did when the kids were much younger - met on the playground, that sort of thing. But now the kids form their own friendships and don't need parents at the playground, or they meet up with friends somewhere other than a playground. So when I take time for myself to meet friends, it's almost always going to be old friends, not new ones. And our weekends do involve a fair amount of family time or kid activities. If you have to plan around all this, it's hard for things to happen organically. I'm hoping when they are older, it will be easier. Or at least once I retire! ... in 20 years.[/quote]
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