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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.
Newish to GR and frusturated!
Hello
I am newer to Grand Rapids, I say newer cause we moved here three years ago (My Husband and I). We are both very out going and love to have fun. We have been having a really hard time meeting people to call "friends". We've met a few people through a social network but they always seem to busy with work, kids, etc. We are a Married couple with no kids and looking for friends with and with out kids. My husband works a crazy schedule and he has been able to meet people through his work but they all live 30-40 mins away from us. I work from home and see seniors all day so I haven't been able to meet people from work. I am wondering if anyone can tell me how to meet new people in this city.
Thanks!
Re: Newish to GR and frusturated!
Hi there and welcome. Hopefully the rest of the girls join in, in the next day or two.
I really don't have an answer for you but starting here is a great 1st start. The ladies her are full of knowledge. What type of things are you and your DH interested in. Are you foodies, into to beer or wine? Do you like to discover the west Michigan area? What about exercise? Runner or biking maybe?
Which social network did you try?
I think finding new friends when you are a "grown up" is very hard. I hear that all the time from people.
Have you tried Meet-up to see if there are any groups with similar interestd. Frederik Meijer Gardens has a young professional membership level called Connections. They meet a few times a year to do activities. There is also the Jaycees, although it can be a bit imididating to walk into their meetings and see that "everyone knows everyone". If you are a shy person, you have to get past that and join right in.
Welcome to the GR Nestie's page! I agree with Deeder, this is a great group to start with. All the ladies are great and everyone has different bits of knowledge about this area so you can always find answers to your questions. Great group! This is also a great place to be able to vent about your day and get input on things - judgement free.
What brought you and your husband to the GR area 3 yrs ago? What area of GR do you live? Do you have family in the area?
My husband and I moved here back in October from Wisconsin for his work. We have a 15 month old. We don't have any family here and had never been to MI before moving here! I stay home with our daughter and have mostly meet other moms as I try to get her involved in as much as I can so she gets to socialize enough. DH hasn't meet many people other than work people and many of them he doesn't really feel a connection with. It really is a lot of work to build new relationships when you move.
Also, have you checked meetup.com? There are different groups on there you can join that might have something for both you and DH.
Hi! Great thoughts have already been posted.
My husband and I moved to GR seven years ago. Like gvsu said, making new friends as an adult is challenging, particularly for introverts (like me and my husband). We've made friends through work and from meeting our neighbors. And I've also made some great friends through this board.
I've never personally joined this group, but I think it looks like a great way to meet people if you're into sports at all: http://grssc.com/. Maybe check it out?
I know what you mean and I've lived in GR my whole life! My husband has a ton of close friends, but I don't, and I'm not particularly close to any of the other wives/girl friends. Sure, we chat when we're together, but we rarely (never?) do anything with just us girls. I do have 2 good friends, but one is often really busy with work, so it's hard to get together, and the other is a resident at hospital with a 4 year old and little baby and is moving out of state in a few weeks.
I am taking a fitness class through the city of Wyoming in a week, and I'm hoping I can maybe make a connection with another gal there and we can be friends! Haha.
What part of town do you live in?
I agree with the others, I'd love to learn more about you! We are looking for some childfree friends. Not that we dont' love our friends with kids,but it's hard when they can't do things until after the kids are in bed (especially since we go to bed early so we are ready to go home by the time they can actually sit and talk!).
We've met most of our couple acquaintances (I hesitate to call them friends, since we don't go out with them much one on one) through running groups, triathlon groups, homebrew club, and foodie events.
Hello and welcome. There are some great ideas here. We occasionally have nights out when those who are available meet up in person.
Making new friends in a new place is very difficult. When I was single and moved to a new city, I was terribly lonely. I got a dog.
I've lived in Holland for almost 9 years and have the exact same problem. Even as a dutch dancer, I have nothing more than acquaintences here. I tried meeting people & doing things I liked, but I only met people my parents' age.
The year after I moved here I mentioned it to my landlord & she said that she didn't make friends in West MI until she had kids. She said it is about the only way to break into the cliques around here.