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[quote=Anonymous]I am in a similar situation, kids are almost grown now. Some of those SAHMs I met in elementary are now my close friends. We have lots to talk about, as do you with your neighbors. We rarely talk about my work. Why would we? There are many other things we have in common. Same with at work - with my work friends, I rarely talk about my kids, or school issues, etc. we talk about work, travel, etc. 
You mentioned they talk about where they went to lunch & vacation planning - you go out to eat & go on vacations, so chime in! 
Think of your life as a ven diagram - you have a lot in common & a lot to talk about with the moms at the bus stop, like kids, schools, kids clothes & gear, activities, vacations, things going on in the school or neighborhood, home renovations, plans, etc. Yes, you both have things that fall out of the common area - your work, their spa appointments- so you don’t have to talk about those things.

When they ask how was your day, saying “busy at work” is a conversation ender - you don’t share why, or how you feel about it or whatever. If you’d like to engage in conversation (& friendship), when someone asks that, respond with something specific! Day was bad because Johnny takes forever getting ready in the morning - does that happen to you? I’m tired bc I stayed up last night watching X show, or filling out the permission slip for the school trip, etc. [/quote]

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