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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few things:
-Is there a reason she doesn't have her driver's license?  Can you expedite that, either by having her practice with an international license, or hire an instructor?  
-Call your LCC-- have her ask nearby APs to reach out to invite yours out.
-Are their nearby errands she can run for the kids?  Pick up books at the library?  Pick up milk?  Hairbands from CVS?  Anything to get her out and exploring your neighborhood where she might run into other people?
-Are you willing to throw money at this?  Tell her you'll pay for her coffee if she meets the other APs?  Give her a gym membership?  Movie tickets for two so she can bring a friend somewhere?  
You can't "make" her more social if she's not.  If she's otherwise doing a good job you may have to suck it up.  Or you say it's a personality conflict and rematch.[/quote]

Thanks so much

- she is practicing but we've had a lot of snow. 
- I don't want to call the LCC yet, AP does go to monthly meetings. 
- she has no interest, even if we're going to the store or mall we'll invite her and she prefers to stay home, she's not curious or interested in what we're doing 
- yes we have family memberships to local activities, the Y etc that we included her on already, she doesn't go

I would say that maybe the biggest challenge is that her English is not that good, so she doesn't talk a lot. When we talk to her I'm not sure that she understands us a lot of the time, she nods and smiles but then doesn't do what we've suggested. 
She's taking English classes two mornings a week. [/quote]

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