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[quote=Anonymous]We moved a year ago, just before school started 2021. We are not from this area and didn't know anyone in the area when we moved here. Making friends as an adult is exhausting. I'm a SAHM w/ 2 elementary school kids. I'm guessing if I did work outside the home, I'd be more likely to make friends through work connections but at the same time I'd have less free time to spend on developing a social life. As a SAHM, what I've tried to do is get involved in a lot of things at the kids' school: volunteering at the school often so I meet other parents who are also volunteering and meet the kids so I get to know my kids' classmates, walking the kids to and from school each day and talking to parents at pick up/drop off, sticking around after pick up in the afternoons while the kids play at the playground--there's almost always at least one other family at the playground after pick up just hanging out if it's a nice weather day, signing my kids up for many different activities at the school: there's a school sports league, there are after school clubs or signing them up for activities that are not at the school but that we know someone else who's doing it so I can get to know the other parents better at the sidelines of a sports game or while sitting around waiting for our kids to come out of ballet class or whatever, inviting kids over for play dates and hosting as much as we can/not expecting reciprocation.

It works to some extent. I have gotten to know many of their classmates' parents better through doing all of the above. However, it takes time. And many times if I start to over analyze it or think too much about it, I feel it is one-sided and I get annoyed that we're always the ones hosting play dates or reaching out to ask if someone else's kid wants to do a camp with our kid or whatever. But I try to just not think about that stuff and just keep being friendly. I think eventually some things will click. We have moved around a lot, before and after having kids. It always takes at least a few years to really feel like you've found your group.[/quote]

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