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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have older kids. I don't even have time to talk to the adults I do know and by now I know a lot of them and maybe have 30 minutes a week to talk to all of them. I am now responsible for a lot of things beyond just swim and simply don't have the bandwidth and I am not a leader in anything other than my small job I sign up for each week at the pool so I'm not the welcoming committee in any way.  Most of the parents with younger kids don't want to talk to me. They want to talk to other moms with 6 year olds. If I am a timer, I talk to the people I'm timing with. If I do clerk of course, I talk to them. I don't spend extra minutes trying to meet the new parents. A lot of this is someone just not signing up for stuff and expecting everyone else to be like a kindergarten teacher. Our social chair this year has been at the pool for one year and her oldest is 9. I guarantee that the following year that position the the mom with four kids whose youngest is finishing their last years is going to give that position up and then it's all yours if you want it. [/quote]

This is a lot of words to state the following, which is how many people feel:

I have my friends and I don't need new ones.  The end.  This is the way a lot of people feel.  But as this person also points out (with too many words), there are newbies who don't feel this way, so find them.  Eventually and organically over time, you will morph into this cranky person above.  And the cycle will continue.[/quote]

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