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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I do keep reaching out to new moms that I meet, but I'm starting to feel like I shouldn't bother anymore and just be content with my aloneness.  In the last few months I've reached out to 5 new moms, several of whom just moved to the area (like a month ago) and I figured they would be interested in meeting new people and getting together, but no.

And if someone ignores or declines my invitation once or twice then I move on and don't invite them again.  I'm not the person who can't take the hint that someone isn't interested.  I think I am very good at reading and interpreting social cues.  But I do feel upset that I get repeatedly ignored or my invitations are repeatedly declined, since I feel like I'm a perfectly nice person who would make a good friend, but no one seems to want to give me a chance. [b] I think it's because I'm frumpy.  Not overweight (I'm normal weight for my height), but frumpy in terms of hair, clothes, makeup. [/b][b][/b] I don't really have time to focus on my appearance right now.  Maybe people can't see beyond that.

My social calendar is pretty much always empty, we don't have family around to fill the void in our social lives, so we do everything alone as a family, which is okay, but it would be wonderful to have more friends to socialize with and get together with, and I feel very discouraged that my efforts to meet people and reach out are met with so much rejection.[/quote]

Are you trying to befriend similarly frumpy women?
I find that in this area that like often attracts like in terms of friendships.
If you're frumpy, the glamorous, queen bee moms are just not going to give you the time of day. 
It's ridiculous but it happens every day in the greater DC preschool circuit. 
I swear that many moms act like frumpiness or 10 extra pounds are somehow communicable diseases. 
Sadly, you have to know your social "place" around here if you want to makes friends.  [/quote]

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