Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
you're not close to 20 families. nobody is. the overwhelming majority of the relationships are based on convenience.
check back in five years and let us know how many of those families you're still "close" to.
Jealous much? Close in that we talk everyday and travel with them, I could leave my kids there if I had to call at 2am for a hospital emergency, we travel with them.. I just said my best friends aren’t these people. But yah I would say we have pretty good relationships, being able to call at any hour and get help in an emergency.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
If you're CLOSE with 20 families how many are acquaintances?
We have about the same acquaintances. The 20 families are people I talk to on a regular basis and we travel with on overnight trips with their families every year, it’s 4 separate trips.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
you're not close to 20 families. nobody is. the overwhelming majority of the relationships are based on convenience.
check back in five years and let us know how many of those families you're still "close" to.
Jealous much? Close in that we talk everyday and travel with them, I could leave my kids there if I had to call at 2am for a hospital emergency, we travel with them.. I just said my best friends aren’t these people. But yah I would say we have pretty good relationships, being able to call at any hour and get help in an emergency.
Wow. I would have been hard-pressed to find enough parents I liked enough to make that kind of effort. I never realized how weird some people are until I was forced to socialize with the school crowd. I had to work hard to find my people.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
you're not close to 20 families. nobody is. the overwhelming majority of the relationships are based on convenience.
check back in five years and let us know how many of those families you're still "close" to.
Jealous much? Close in that we talk everyday and travel with them, I could leave my kids there if I had to call at 2am for a hospital emergency, we travel with them.. I just said my best friends aren’t these people. But yah I would say we have pretty good relationships, being able to call at any hour and get help in an emergency.
You talk to 20 people every day?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
you're not close to 20 families. nobody is. the overwhelming majority of the relationships are based on convenience.
check back in five years and let us know how many of those families you're still "close" to.
Jealous much? Close in that we talk everyday and travel with them, I could leave my kids there if I had to call at 2am for a hospital emergency, we travel with them.. I just said my best friends aren’t these people. But yah I would say we have pretty good relationships, being able to call at any hour and get help in an emergency.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
you're not close to 20 families. nobody is. the overwhelming majority of the relationships are based on convenience.
check back in five years and let us know how many of those families you're still "close" to.
Jealous much? Close in that we talk everyday and travel with them, I could leave my kids there if I had to call at 2am for a hospital emergency, we travel with them.. I just said my best friends aren’t these people. But yah I would say we have pretty good relationships, being able to call at any hour and get help in an emergency.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
you're not close to 20 families. nobody is. the overwhelming majority of the relationships are based on convenience.
check back in five years and let us know how many of those families you're still "close" to.
Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
Anonymous wrote:OP do you not have any friends? I wish I had more time and energy for my college and law school friends. The parents of my kids classmates are lovely but I just can’t.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have about 20 families we are close with. Initiate group dinners at family friendly places is a good one to get the parents involved. I’ll text our baseball team and say “anyone want to meet for Pizza” after practice especially if it’s a Friday or Sat/Sun. Usually half the team goes. I met most when the kids were babies in our neighborhood though. The ones I am close with after is by being helpful or offering to share carpools for activities.
If you're CLOSE with 20 families how many are acquaintances?