https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 17:11:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439137 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:28:37 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2439137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's hard to find stuff like this for working moms.<br /> TBH the majority of my closest friends are single and/or without kids. They don't care that I have a kid and it hasn't kept us from being friends! We still have dates and do stuff together - whether alone while DH watches DS, or with my LO. </p> <p>I know some moms here and there, but not very many. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439136 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:28:15 +0000 daniellemybelle 2439136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm really lucky that I have found an awesome mom's group! I will say that the first few meet-ups I went to, I wasn't sure about it. But I kept going and now we love it and have made friends! It really is hard work at first to "put yourself out there" though. It feels like dating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439106 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:58:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 2439106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really really lucked out that I did click with a lot of the moms in our baby group when c was born. But the once I have kept in touch with mostly stayed home, like me. Obviously scheduling is a lot easier when you have similar schedules! In the 2+ years since we all met some have gone back to work and it's much harder to meet up now- we want to and still click, just harder. </p> <p>My problem is that most of the moms have moved to the suburbs so it's harder to get together. But now we are all having second babies so hopefully things will settle down and we can get together more again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439077 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:22:34 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2439077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: that sounds perfect! My college friends all moved away after getting married so the ones that are getting into the having kids phase are so far... Makes it hard<br /> One of my coworkers met a great group of friends through her sons kindergarten class! </p> <p>! @avivoca: there is a meet up for my city that I joined but you have to pay. It was so cheap, like 25$ per year, but I kept looking at the different meetings and just felt likes was never gonna go. They sent me an email saying I would be deleted unless I paid the dues. So annoying somehow even though it's the stated rule!</p> <p>@mediagirl: the one lady that has a flexible work schedule and I have met a few times since. Last time she told me she was moving out of state in July. </p> <p>@snowjewelz: @Mrs. Yoyo: I feel like I need a group that all is sahms because of my work schedule but it can be tough for me to totally identify with them since I do work. Probably if I met the right ladies it wouldn't matter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439073 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:16:32 +0000 Corduroy 2439073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I joined a group the day I went into labor with LO1. When the babies were small there were about 12 moms but now at age 3 there are about 6. It's mainly working moms so they do one activity per month on the weekends. </p> <p>I moved when LO was 8 months and joined a local group in my new city. I've tried but I just don't click. They're mainly SAHMs and I haven't reached out to find the working moms. I think the ladies had already bonded before I joined. </p> <p>I still drive to see the group in the first city when I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439069 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:11:26 +0000 avivoca 2439069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. It sucks. I was part of one during my leave that I LOVED, but then I went back to work. It's hard to attend meetings when they are during the workday. There is a working mom's group, but it only meets once a month and I have to pay to be apart of that one. No thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439067 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:10:25 +0000 Raindrop 2439067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry to hear this!! It’s so hard to make friends as adults!!</p> <p>I was really lucky that after college I moved back to about the area I grew up in and reconnected with a lot of my high school friends. We all became moms around the same time and a few co-workers had kids at the same time and we connected and funny enough a few of my husband’s friends also had kids around the same time and we all just clicked. I was so lucky to have that built in friendship before kids. </p> <p>Other than that I think I would be in the same boat as you!! I think I only made 2 new mommy friends since my first LO was born (almost 4 years ago) and that was it. I tried a few mommy groups in the area and even some at the hospital that I gave birth in but yeah they have been total duds.</p> <p>That being said… LOs don’t go school and I figured when they do we will have school friends? I talked to a bunch of my coworkers and a lot of them say don’t count on that because they just do parties and that’s it they don’t really hang out outside of that because everyone is just so busy.</p> <p>Good luck! Sorry you are going through this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439061 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:06:47 +0000 snowjewelz 2439061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are some unofficial groups but so many of them SAH so it's hard for me to meet up anywhere with anyone, ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439051 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:02:00 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2439051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I never really connected with anyone when I joined a mom's group. Everyone was happy to be a SAHM and I wasn't. Everyone just wanted to talk about their kids, and I didn't. Blah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439049 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:01:01 +0000 sorrycharlie 2439049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have one that's local. There's a local Kangamamas group but I'm too much of a shy introvert to show up, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439047 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:00:07 +0000 mediagirl 2439047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. The working moms group I was in went defunct. I had met a very close friend through that group but never got a chance to meet more people. And then my close friend moved away. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyones-moms-group-turn-out-to-be-a-dud#post-2439039 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:54:50 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2439039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I joined a moms group back when I was on maternity leave. I really enjoyed connecting and craved the support. We had 6 moderated meetings weekly and a casual weekly outing we would plan at the meeting. It was great, everyone was really nice and it meant a lot to me. That being said, everyone aside from two moms went back to work and they all work normal work schedules. I work evenings and weekends. The two sahms weren't the ones I best clicked with of the bunch, so I've never really reached out to them about meeting up. They also have never initiated anything. Over the holidays, I met up with one lady and had a nice time, and recently had a play date with another lady who doesn't work every day. But that's it! I just feel jealous of mom groups that seem to meet up regularly and continue a relationship. I invited everyone to my sons first birthday, but no one was able to come. Ditto for a summer party we had. </p> <p>Anyways I sound so sorry for myself and it's not s big deal. I just crave that connection still! I guess I should look into toddler play groups and other activities. I think I can be kinda shy to tell you the truth but I'd love to make some good mom friends. </p>