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[quote=Anonymous]So what if they are nannies?  In many cases these nannies have a more similar lifestyle to a SAHM than your WOHM friends.  And they will have tons of awesome advice about how to get out with a kid if you aren't too snooty to associate with them.

Nobody is going to want to invest precious weekend time on a new acquaintance.  They just aren't.  You will likely have weekday friends who are just your friends and a separate set of weekend friends who are close to the entire family.  That is fine.  It's like in college where you might have dorm friends and shared-major friends or in your career when you have couple friends and work friends.

Go to these classes and announce after each one, "Hey, we are going to ______for lunch.  Anybody who wants to meet us there, we'd love to have you!"  It can be a nearby library or restaurant or park, but schedule classes on the early side and then have a poan for after EVERY SINGLE WEEK and announce it as an open invite.  If you do this twice a week at two different classes for months on end, people will start to join in.  If you find that you are having to chase your kid too much, then sign up for different classes or stop helicoptering.  Does your kid truly need you following him around the padded play gym?  If the playspace is truly too dangerous for him to play without you spotting him within arm's reach, then he is not ready for that class.[/quote]

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