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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do I build a new circle as a single mom? The married moms I used to socialize with mostly do couples hangouts at which I'm the odd one out. I'm ok with that, but I don't get invited anymore.

The single moms I meet spend most of their limited free time dating or looking for dates. They seem to want a wingwoman more than anything and will ditch a girls night for last minute first date. I'm fit and girly and love going out, but I'm thrilled not to have a man sucking the life out of me for the first time in 15 years. I don't want to center men in my free time.

The child-free single women I meet are more available and friendly, but they don't like the constraints on my time that come with being a single mom.

I'm lonely for a village of fellow moms who get the mom life and actually want to invest in other women. Moms I can raise kids with and rely on through the ups and downs of single mom life. Not just sporadic hangouts and minimal texting. I didn't have a village as a married woman because my ex was mentally unstable and ran people off on purpose to isolate the kids and I. I don't have one now because it seems most women organize their lives around men. How do I meet other moms who want to raise their kids, have fun with other women, and develop their careers and hobbies?[/quote]

Before I remarried, I built a single mom (and one dad) village that lasted a decade. It began with two other moms at daycare and then expanded to eight members. Initially, it was play dates for the kids. Then, we started helping each other out in emergencies. Socializing came later, but eventually, we even vacationed together.

It helped that we all lived relatively close to each other in eastern MoCo and were mostly from the same socioeconomic class.

Weirdly, three of the exes tried to mirror it but failed. [/quote]

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