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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the thoughtful responses.  I do struggle a lot with not having anyone who wants to be a part of our family.  We do have pets, which is great, because my son considers them his brothers and sisters.  But we do not have family friends or relatives who are super interested in spending time with us.  Aside from my MIL, who lives far away and who we see once a year, no other relatives really show much interest.  I have tried to form a community for us through school, activities or the neighborhood but it's never worked out.  I used to host most holidays but I stopped, it was a ton of work and no one ever reciprocated.  We don't get invited to playdates (my son does get invited to birthday parties though).  We do host lots of playdates and meetups for his friends, either at our house or out somewhere.  They're just not reciprocated so I always feel like no one really thinks of us or is interested in getting to know us.

I would love to find some "aunties" or surrogate grandparents but I have no idea how to go about this.  We're members of a church which hasn't helped us build community, and no one in the neighborhood, school or in activities seems interested either.  We're not originally from this area and have no local family, which has made things more difficult, and work colleagues have not been a source of friends for either DH or me.  I have a few mom friends but they don't want to celebrate holidays with us or vacation with us.  I try to make new friends but so far that hasn't been very successful either.  I feel chronically lonely and wish we had more of a sense of community but don't know how to find it.[/quote]

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