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[quote=Anonymous]I am a SAHM by choice. When the kids were younger, my SAHM friends and I used to do favors for each other all the time and it was a wonderful sense of community. I was the happiest socially that I have ever been in my life other than college. As the kids got older, started attending different schools, some moms went back to work and/or moved away from this area, I've really struggled to find a new community. I don't really need much help anymore (my kids are teens and one even drives) but I'd love some friendship/connection and even that seem like too much for people who are just SO busy all the time. I started working part time at our local elementary school a few years ago (even though the pay is absurd and I don't need the money) just to have some socialization/people to talk to each day! In general I feel like people in this area are just really busy and/or not looking to make new connections beyond the surface level. I think this contributes to the feeling of their being no "village." Everyone just wants to pay for their "village" instead. [/quote]

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