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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure if you have kids, but trust me it gets worse with kids.  I got to the point for awhile I stopped planning play dates for the kids when they were under 5 because it felt like you had to take out a calendar, could agree 1 month from now from 2-4pm everyone could make it and then the day of, someone got sick or had family come into town last minute etc that messed up the plans.  My kids are close in age so I figure they needed to be good friends with each other because that was the easiest social calendar to plan.

So if you are really looking for practical advice, I agree with a pp to find an activity you like and get your social fix on that standing schedule (I.e. Every Tuesday you play tennis and sometimes people that can stay longer grab a drink afterwards).  Someone else mentioned a meetup group.  I also think I sort of have this friendship profile of people that might be able to do last minute stuff.  Either they don't have family in the area, or see their family some off time like Sunday nights, they don't have some hobby that takes up time where they already get a social fix like soccer, running group , tennis etc, they don't have their kids in a lot of activities, they typically have 2 kids (but sometimes with 3 kids and a big gap/teenager driving they can be flexible), they have to want to have a life outside of their kids, and they have to have a partner that can trade off time so each has social time with their friends, and they actually want to make new friends.  I have one friend that makes plans roughly 2-7 days out and have to say that I do love it.
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