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SnShne322 · July 2015

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SnShne322 · July 2015

One of Wes's daycare teachers last day is today and I'm really sad about it. She was so good with him. Beyond that, I kind of want to be her friend. She seems like the nicest person on earth. I feel like a creeper.

SnShne322 · July 2015

Is 9:30AM too early for popcorn? I'm starving this morning and I only have fruit left for snacks for the rest of the day. Free popcorn available. I know people still have strong feelings about popcorn even if it isn't burned. If it matters, it's a sea of cubicles in here.

InLovewSB · July 2015

I hate standing in lines. Tuesday I spent two full hours standing in lines. And they were the annoying, always-shifting lines that you can't read a book in or you realize you haven't moved up and someone cuts into your gap. And the longest line was in a room with no cell service.

CeeCeeSugaPie · July 2015

SnShne322 said:

One of Wes's daycare teachers last day is today and I'm really sad about it. She was so good with him. Beyond that, I kind of want to be her friend. She seems like the nicest person on earth. I feel like a creeper.

I feel like trying to make new friends as an adult is effing hard! I always feel like a creeper as well. DH tells me I am just anti-social.

SusieBW · July 2015

This stuff is delicious. And it was about $5. I spend that on a single coffee most days. I may have changed my ways.

SusieBW · July 2015

CeeCeeSugaPie said:

SnShne322 said:

One of Wes's daycare teachers last day is today and I'm really sad about it. She was so good with him. Beyond that, I kind of want to be her friend. She seems like the nicest person on earth. I feel like a creeper.

I feel like trying to make new friends as an adult is effing hard! I always feel like a creeper as well. DH tells me I am just anti-social.

Whats weird/awkward about it is that I feel like everyone I meet is probably feeling the same way I am - our kids are the same age, we clearly live in the same area, since we're pushing our kids on the swings next to one another, we both like yoga pants, we should hang out, at least for play dates or something - but everyone feels like a creeper if they say that, so no one ever does.

I don't know how to interact with other day care parents, either. Our kids are BFF's, but I don't even know you as anything other than Elise's mom, or Damon's dad. Awkward. And I always wonder if their kids talk about my kid as much as my kid talks about theirs.

I'm bad at making friends. Too much of an introvert, I guess.

SnShne322 · July 2015

Word for word @SusieBW Word for word. I'm terrified when the birthday parties start to happen.

My BFF is an extrovert and she's friends with so many her DC kids parents. There's a few that I just look at and think they're pretty cool and would love to hang out. But that's as far as it goes. I get all clammy thinking about starting a conversation.

SusieBW · July 2015

T got invited to 2 DC friends parties last fall. We went to one that was at a zoo with a splash pad, but skipped the costume party at someone's house. It was huge for me to even go because it was when DH was couch-bound with a frame on his leg, and I didn't know a soul. I chatted with a couple of parents, but that was about it. And maybe I'm slightly more friendly with those people when I see them at drop-off/pick-up, but no actual friendships were formed.

T asked about inviting a couple of her school friends to her party this year - can you do that, etiquette wise? Invite just a couple and not the whole class, I mean? I don't know, I'd rather stick with our regular friends/family circle and not venture into inviting school friends yet, but we'll see.

angelashly · July 2015

SusieBW said:

CeeCeeSugaPie said:

SnShne322 said:

One of Wes's daycare teachers last day is today and I'm really sad about it. She was so good with him. Beyond that, I kind of want to be her friend. She seems like the nicest person on earth. I feel like a creeper.

I feel like trying to make new friends as an adult is effing hard! I always feel like a creeper as well. DH tells me I am just anti-social.

Whats weird/awkward about it is that I feel like everyone I meet is probably feeling the same way I am - our kids are the same age, we clearly live in the same area, since we're pushing our kids on the swings next to one another, we both like yoga pants, we should hang out, at least for play dates or something - but everyone feels like a creeper if they say that, so no one ever does.

I don't know how to interact with other day care parents, either. Our kids are BFF's, but I don't even know you as anything other than Elise's mom, or Damon's dad. Awkward. And I always wonder if their kids talk about my kid as much as my kid talks about theirs.

I'm bad at making friends. Too much of an introvert, I guess.

I will just +1 this.

I am still mad that I didn't get info for the teacher in Marissa's infant room when she left. We often visited her once we moved up a room and she had a daughter slightly older than Marissa. We saw her once in a store and we talked, but no info exchanged.

SusieBW · July 2015

Speaking of day care things - here's a random.

DH told me last night that he saw one of the kids in Tatum's class get picked up from day care on a motorcycle. Kid is 4 years old. Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't seem safe to me.

sassypants527 · July 2015

My life for at least the next two weeks:

I had surgery last week because my foot has not healed at ALL from the surgery I had in December, so instead of a boot we're doing the hard cast thing and I have to see an endocrinologist who specializes in bones. Yay. And I spent an hour at the DMV today waiting to get a temporary handicapped placard for my car. Last time I had to do it I was in and out in 10 minutes. Grr. I'm in a grumpy mood.

MrsJenE · July 2015

SusieBW said:

Speaking of day care things - here's a random.

DH told me last night that he saw one of the kids in Tatum's class get picked up from day care on a motorcycle. Kid is 4 years old. Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't seem safe to me.

I mean, I've seen this over in Europe. Here though? That doesn't even seem LEGAL.

SnShne322 · July 2015

MrsJenE said:

SusieBW said:

Speaking of day care things - here's a random.

DH told me last night that he saw one of the kids in Tatum's class get picked up from day care on a motorcycle. Kid is 4 years old. Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't seem safe to me.

I mean, I've seen this over in Europe. Here though? That doesn't even seem LEGAL.

Yea, I'm tying to get a visual on this and it doesn't seem possible to do it legally!

dutchgirl76 · July 2015

Sassy I hope you feel better, that sucks!

I have to agree with the making adult friends thing. I don't have kids so I don't have the chance to meet other parents. I've grown into an introvert, so I don't find a lot of motivation in going out by myself. By the end of the work week I don't have the patience to make small talk. I want to make friends with some of the wives at my husband's job since we'll be home alone a lot on the same nights, but they seem like a weird click that you have to have a secret pass to get into, of course my husband just thinks I'm not trying hard enough.

Plus, where are you supposed to meet other adults? Everyone want to do everyone online and there's that rule about not finding your spouse at a bar, does that go for adult friends too? Yes I see the irony in complaining in an online chat hehe.

booneybear · July 2015

I am having the worst day because of a FUCKING comma.

I have had to revise a million closing documents because of a flipping comma. I am going to murder everyone because of a fucking comma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sassypants527 · July 2015

booneybear said:

I am having the worst day because of a FUCKING comma.

I have had to revise a million closing documents because of a flipping comma. I am going to murder everyone because of a fucking comma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oxford comma?

SusieBW · July 2015

I love the Oxford Comma.

kelshaws1311 · July 2015

I was extremely social in high school and college, now not so much. I have lived in my DH hometown for 7 years now and I have made acquaintances but not really friends where we go hang out. My husband is the more social one so most gatherings are through work friends and their spouses( luckily I know everyone from previously working there) but I get extreme social awkwardness around people I don't know. I wish it was easier to make adult friends.

booneybear · July 2015

This is me today

AyshM · July 2015

SnShne322 said:
Word for word @SusieBW Word for word. I'm terrified when the birthday parties start to happen.

My BFF is an extrovert and she's friends with so many her DC kids parents. There's a few that I just look at and think they're pretty cool and would love to hang out. But that's as far as it goes. I get all clammy thinking about starting a conversation.

Yep yep, all yep. Same deal here. I wish we lived closer to the kids that go to school with my kids. We have them close to work, not home, so it's not like we can easily do weekend playdates. But it's all weird. I can't wait until they're old enough to leave somewhere or have the other kid come without a parent. That way, you know enough to be semi-comfortable but don't actually have to force socialization.

Making grown up friends is hard.

ETA: I do have three friends I've met through work and I am not sure when a good time ever is to invite them to your house or out with a spouse. I don't want it to go to a place we can't return from/avoid, so I chicken out and don't ask.

AyshM · July 2015

SusieBW said:
This stuff is delicious. And it was about $5. I spend that on a single coffee most days. I may have changed my ways.

I didnt know how much a package of crackers cost that I brought to the register last week. Turns out, a box of 36 was $7. They were delicious and I don't regret it at all. It's a good thing too, because at the time, my daughter said to get a second box (of a different flavor) and I actually bought $14 of crackers. (raincoast crisps)

SusieBW · July 2015

AyshM said:

This stuff is delicious. And it was about $5. I spend that on a single coffee most days. I may have changed my ways.

I didnt know how much a package of crackers cost that I brought to the register last week. Turns out, a box of 36 was $7. They were delicious and I don't regret it at all. It's a good thing too, because at the time, my daughter said to get a second box (of a different flavor) and I actually bought $14 of crackers. (raincoast crisps)

OMG, right? Everything is so expensive. And I have the app on my phone that I use to pay, so it doesn't even feel like real money to me. I just keep reloading it from paypal every two weeks when I get paid. It's dangerous.
But this big jug of latte from Target was only $5 and it'll last me a week of morning coffees if I only drink it then.

pinkybooklover09 · July 2015

I feel like I'm physically incapable of making IRL friends at this point. I have to win people over on the internet so then they ignore how weird I am in person.

My random is that I wish NBC had a Timehop feature so we could revisit and enjoy old popular posts. Maybe the board would feel more lively if we could.

SnShne322 · July 2015

pinkybooklover09 said:

I feel like I'm physically incapable of making IRL friends at this point. I have to win people over on the internet so then they ignore how weird I am in person.

My random is that I wish NBC had a Timehop feature so we could revisit and enjoy old popular posts. Maybe the board would feel more lively if we could.

I agree on both accounts. Maybe it's a little pathetic, though I don't like to think so, but I feel like we've all made some good friends here. And as you said, it's so hard to make them IRL. So when the board essentially dies, it's really sad. I feel like I'm losing some good friends. I'm FB friends with a lot of people here, but I'm such a poor FB user so I don't get that interaction.

pinkybooklover09 · July 2015

@SnShne322 - I'm not always sure of who people are on FB so I feel doubly guilty. I haven't been posting as much as before, but I'm going to make a concentrated effort to do so. I made some of my very best friends on this board. I talk to them via other mediums, but I miss the incesssant book chatter.

CeeCeeSugaPie · July 2015

SnShne322 said:

pinkybooklover09 said:

I feel like I'm physically incapable of making IRL friends at this point. I have to win people over on the internet so then they ignore how weird I am in person.

My random is that I wish NBC had a Timehop feature so we could revisit and enjoy old popular posts. Maybe the board would feel more lively if we could.

I agree on both accounts. Maybe it's a little pathetic, though I don't like to think so, but I feel like we've all made some good friends here. And as you said, it's so hard to make them IRL. So when the board essentially dies, it's really sad. I feel like I'm losing some good friends. I'm FB friends with a lot of people here, but I'm such a poor FB user so I don't get that interaction.

Same here. Although I don't use FB. I still feel self-conscious posting on here sometimes, like people are maybe secretly rolling their eyes when I post. Then I tell myself to stop being a douche and get over the insecurity. Sometimes that works. I am just secretly afraid that people don't like me so sometimes I hesitate to post for fear of people being annoyed by it.

SnShne322 · July 2015

@CeeCeeSugaPie I think it's natural to be unsure. I am too! And I really don't want to be the person that posts too much. I feel like I'm that already, and it makes me self conscious. I can only speak for myself, but I think you should post more

@pinkybooklover09 I know what you mean about names and finding some great people. I have a few that I chat with regularly, and they are so special to me. I really do hope you'll post more. And maybe throw out a bat signal!

CeeCeeSugaPie · July 2015

SnShne322 said:

@CeeCeeSugaPie I think it's natural to be unsure. I am too! And I really don't want to be the person that posts too much. I feel like I'm that already, and it makes me self conscious. I can only speak for myself, but I think you should post more

@pinkybooklover09 I know what you mean about names and finding some great people. I have a few that I chat with regularly, and they are so special to me. I really do hope you'll post more. And maybe throw out a bat signal!

Aw, shucks! Thanks!

josie402 · July 2015

SusieBW said:
This stuff is delicious. And it was about $5. I spend that on a single coffee most days. I may have changed my ways.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one addicted to this!!

I also totally suck at making IRL friends. I'm still friends with my high school BFF but beyond her and my family, I'm horrible at keeping in touch with people.

My random - I rarely use Twitter but I tweeted a pic of my daughter with a hat from my college and they retweeted it. I was ridiculously excited.

MrsJenE · July 2015

pinkybooklover09 said:

@SnShne322 - I'm not always sure of who people are on FB so I feel doubly guilty. I haven't been posting as much as before, but I'm going to make a concentrated effort to do so. I made some of my very best friends on this board. I talk to them via other mediums, but I miss the incesssant book chatter.

I know you mean me, right? RIGHT?!?!?

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