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[quote=Anonymous]My family is a 6 hour plane ride away, DH's is a 3 hour plane ride away. We moved here not knowing a single person. We've been here 5 years now. For the first 4 years we really struggled socially. I could not seem to make any friends. I tried really hard, joined tons of social groups, went out of my way to initiate over and over, but didn't make a single friend. Then I joined a church, and started making a couple of friends. I joined a book club and made more friends. And I started volunteering, and made friends that way. So now I have several close friends (maybe 6 or 7 close friends who I talk with weekly, and a few more acquaintances). It was hard work making these friends--initiating over and over, putting myself out there, etc. But I am so much happier now that I have girlfriends, and that we have couple friends. While it's no substitution for family, it does make this area feel more like home than it did previously. [/quote]
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