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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am dreading this too. Especially since I am an introvert.  I hate making small talk with people I don't really know.   And now it sounds like if I don't do lots of play dates my kid will become a social outcast.[/quote]

I am an introvert too, but that doesn't mean that I want to be alone.  I enjoy spending time with people I am close to.

When my kids were little, I hosted a weekly playgroup of four moms for about 3 years, and those women that became my best friends.  The small talk phase ended pretty quickly.    [/quote]

+1 As an introvert, I actually found it a lot easier to get to know other moms in more structured or captive audience settings like a playgroup or later (starting around age 3) in a 1-on-1 chat during a playdate. I wasn't very comfortable just starting up a conversation with a random mom at the park or breaking into a group of moms chatting at preschool drop-off/pick-up.  Once the kids were older (ES or so) the chatting could be limited to a few minutes at drop-off/pick-up and I gradually got more comfortable with the other parents.[/quote]

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