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[quote=Anonymous]We moved back to my hometown about a year ago. We only have a few local friends since most of my HS friends are spread out across the country. While want to make new friends and reconnect with old acquaintances, it’s hard to find the time and energy!

DH and I both work full time and are in the office most days. Weeknight social activities are rare - usually once a month - and are usually things like drinks with coworkers or dinner with a friend visiting from out of town. We get a babysitter 2-3x per month (usually Saturday night) so we can go out with friends or have a date night. We see extended family almost every weekend. And we socialize with families we know though daycare when we see them out and about on the weekends. (DD is 2YO, and we aren’t doing a ton of scheduled play dates yet. But we end up seeing families we know at the playground, farmer’s market, etc. most weekends.)

On the one hand, I wish we had a bigger network of family friends with kids our age here, and I know we need to put in the effort to develop those relationships. On the other hand, the socializing we’re already doing plus trying to keep up with errands and chores on the weekend feels like all we have time for. DH and I also both like having one night to just relax at home over the weekend. So I’m stuck between wishing for a more active social life in the abstract but feeling like our schedule is pretty full in our day-to-day reality.[/quote]

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