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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just about 50, married and kids are in high school. Our eldest is a senior. 
[b]I have a number of ride-or-die female friends in DC and elsewhere but my husband and I don't have a great social community in DC.[/b] 
So many people we've invested in over the years have moved away or we've drifted apart (we were friends of mutual convenience in a season of life--a sports team, a school, etc).

I spend my time wishing we had a better community but as I near 50 I also find myself with less and less tolerance for people.  So many annoy me.  Maybe it's the crowd we're in (private schools) or DC in general.  People often feel like such extremes of personality: intense, odd, self-promoting, etc.  Gosh.  I'm probably just as odd and annoying to others.  I think feeling this way may be due in part to being middle aged.  I've become far less likely to put up with bull sh$%T or people that annoy me.

Sigh.  I'm probably not making much sense.  But anyone else have an ongoing tug-of-war between REALLY and genuinely wanting a better community and yet just not meeting many people you actually want to know better or spend time with?  Please don't just jump all over me on this.  I recognize that I'm probably not many other people's taste either.  Just wondering how much this resonates (or doesn't) with others. 
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I don't understand why your "number of ride-or-die female friends" don't count as your social community.[/quote]

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