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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have difficulty with the young sahm crowd in our area because when people find out my education level/job before kids they look for something less intimidating. However, I do get along better with older moms. Perhaps you're looking for wrong types of friends.[/quote]

Nope, that's not it. That's never it. "People are intimidated by me because I'm too successful [too beautiful] [too whatever]" is never true. [/quote]

Agree completely.

OP, I think I'm pretty well-liked.  A few easy tips:
- Be friendly.  Smile, say hello, ask genuinely how people are doing and wait for an answer.  Listen and make eye contact.
- [b]Be interested.  Don't seem distracted or too busy.[/b]  Ask questions.
- Be kind.  If someone is struggling with a door or package or something, offer to help.  When they say thanks, make a joke - "we've all been there!" or something like that.

So easy yet so many people don't do these things.[/quote]

Hard to make friends when you secretly feel superior because you're more organized, etc. Drives people away.
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THis was me.  I felt very alone when my kids were both in school FT.  I tend to be shy at first so making friends is hard.  Because I didn't have many friends I dove into working out at the gym, taking the dog for really long walks (4-5 miles) and organizing my home.  I think my problem was that I [b]appeared[/b] really busy so no one invited to coffee or neighborhood walks.  I then tried to make chit chat with some moms after two years of being by myself most of the day and would ask them what they were doing today/this week etc...  I would make sure I never appeared too busy and we started talking longer after the school bell rang.  Slowly I built up a few moms I would talk with and that helped because they then asked me to help on other school projects.  ANd because I knew some people I was more comfortable volunteering at school events.[/quote]

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