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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly OP I think part of it is that people in the DC area aren't as social/like to spend more time with their nuclear family compared to other parts of the country that are more "fun loving". Part of it is probably guilt from working long hours/having a long commute. Some people feel like all time outside of work should be family time because there isn't a ton of it. The other part is personality. DC is known for having more serious people. When the pandemic hit there were a LOT of people on here and in the area who seemed just fine hanging out at home with just their family for month or even years! Some of them were kind of sanctimonious about it on here ("just stay home, it's not that hard") and probably can't put themselves in the shoes of people who truly need to socialize and go out and meet people/make friends in order to feel psychologically healthy.

My sister lives in a different area and it seems a lot easier to make family friends there. People are less overscheduled where she lives, and seem to have more time and interest in arranging family get togethers once they realize their kids get along with each other. I am jealous. I have a couple of friends here where we all get along well enough to do the family get together thing, but it's rare. Most of my socializing is with other moms after kid bedtime, and that's hard to get on the calendar. It's been hard to find parents of kids who get along with ours, that we also feel like we click with. We can do small talk but there often isn't enough common ground to move beyond that. Maybe it's better that way as PPs have mentioned, since the kids' friendships can change anyway.

It takes time to find true friends and it has to happen naturally. You have to find people you have enough in common with AND your kids have to get along AND your schedules have to line up to some extent. A lot has to fall into place.[/quote]

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