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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
making friends when you have small kids and a full time job
How do you meet new people when you've got young kids and a full time job, and long commute, (so the traditional mom clubs are out)? Not saying I have much time for socializing (weekends are mostly entirely devoted to kids and errands), but it would be nice, once every now and again, to meet some new people in the area. Any suggestions?
Re: making friends when you have small kids and a full time job
Honestly, a few of my closest friends are actually from The Nest! (is that sad?! haha) I met a few really, really great ladies on here.
My other friends are childhood friends and college friends, some have kids, some do not.
I met a lot of nice mom's through Ethan's school, too.
Wed to M on 11.05.05
A, born July 30, 2007
E, born April 20, 2010
I'm friends with a few Nesties (both from here and other boards).
We also lucked out and our next-door neighbors are our age with kids and when we moved into our house 5 years ago we kind of joined their group of friends by osmosis.
I was friends with a mom from Katie's old daycare, which was in our hometown. Now that she's at a daycare in NJ I haven't made friends with her classmates parents. A lot of them live further north and it just doesn't work out well.
Mom to Teagan 4.11.07 and Cora 9.30.11
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Mostly through daycare/preschool/and now, kindergarten. All of my friends from 'forever' work f/t too so I've become friends with the friends they've made through their kids' schools. If you can't hang with the lot of us, and if your husband can't hang, then our socializing options are limited, lol.
Ok, I have to ask: How do you make friends with the other daycare/pre-school moms? I feel like I'm sort of in and out when I drop Evan off/pick him up. There are many faces that I know but it's mostly just a Hi and Bye sort of relationship. It seems like a lot of the moms go into survival mode when they picking up their kids from school. It's like "Wait for me, Billy! Stop running, stop, stop, stop!!"
It doesn't help that I'm naturally quiet so people may interpret that as being aloof.
I have the same exact problem. Too bad we don't live closer!
I've made a few friends from my son's karate class and his daycare. I also belong to a mom's group but am having a tough time getting to any events and imagine they might kick me out soon! It's tough to make friends as a grownup!
I'm in Marlboro...so I don't think I'm far from you...and I'm always looking for new friends. You can email me if you'd like!
jenniferlefante@aol.com
One couple I originally met because the husband is a patient of the dr I work for and then I met them again through my daughter's 1st grade class, ironically. Another couple I also met through my job (work related, not another patient!) and as it turns out their daughter also wound up in my daughter's 1st grade class! And it gets better...these two couples happen to live directly across the street from one another!
Our other friends are people we went to HS with, or college (although mostly HS...and we went to HS together, so they're all mutual friends). I also became really tight with one of my daughter's preschool teachers - we've stayed tight over the last few years. Our next door neighbor has become a really good friend too. I guess it's all been happenstance. And, of course, there are my fantastic KNOTTIE friends who have become tried and true friends over the years :-)