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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you the sort of person who would join a church? That tends to provide an instant village.

I was in your position, OP, years ago. I had friends, but nobody I felt like I could call in an emergency. We just muddled through. It gets easier as the kids get older.  [/quote]

It doesn't always work. We joined a congregation.  Were extremely active for nearly 15 years.  I taught RE for 12 of them, we both sat on committees, I chaired a few along the way.  We signed up to be clean up at the annual gatherings. We brought food to people when they needed it and were on call for rides...time, talent, treasure…..  Then when we hit a cluster of events, nothing.  It was heartbreaking.  There were quite a few practical reasons- church had a new minister, volunteerism was at a low point,  spread out across the county.  But is still stung quite a bit and still does 3/4 years later.  Basically, things fell through the cracks and we were one of the casualties.  I miss it terribly. [/quote]

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