https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:11:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386518 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:58:45 +0000 Beehive 1386518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A couple really close ones (one WOHM and one WAHM) and a few others I chat with when I see them in the neighborhood or at classes/bigger play dates, and want to become closer to. I met my best mom friends when I was on maternity leave, and hang out with each of them regularly now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386506 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:54:56 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1386506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. It's not that I don't have time, I just don't know how to meet people anymore. I had a group of friends (couples) I was getting close with at our old church, and many of them were starting to have kids. But those friendships never quite flourished. We're in a new church and haven't really met other parents yet, I hope we will though. </p> <p>None of my coworkers have young children either. They are either young (early 20's/single) or much older with children already grown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386496 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:44:05 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1386496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, not really. At least not any with kids that are remotely close in age to ours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386433 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:06:16 +0000 rachiecakes 1386433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bisous: I've thought about starting something like that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386356 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:40:51 +0000 doodlepoodle 1386356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You mean other than you guys?! ;-) </p> <p>Honestly, not many. One who (thank goodness!) lives in our neighborhood but outside of them only people we were friends with before having J, who now have kids, but nobody that I've met and am like "hey! friend who is working and a mommy too!" Sucks. </p> <p>Same as @rachiecakes: it's impossible to get involved in groups. </p> <p>@swurlygurl and I have talked about setting up a WOHM playdate group...sounds like a lot of work though ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386041 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:18:16 +0000 maybebaby 1386041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I met a lot of women before going back to work at 5.5 months. I am lucky to live in a densely populated area (well, lucky in terms of population--not so much in terms of living space!), and I met a ton of mom friends while I was home with J. I have both WOHM and SAHM friends. Very, very grateful for the parenting community I have here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386038 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:17:12 +0000 pelikila 1386038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but they all came from my bible study. I didn't find them looking for mom friends and even then it is only a subset of those that are moms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386023 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:11:11 +0000 littlek 1386023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bunch of neighbors with kids. My BFF from college lives down the street. She has town girls but they are in elementary school and she is very busy with them. So, long answer short, I kinda have mommy friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1386009 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:05:41 +0000 bisous 1386009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! Not local, anyhow. I agree-stinks! Wish there were WOHM groups on Saturday mornings or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385997 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:02:10 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1385997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but only because they were my friends before we were pregnant, and our kids are about the same age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385975 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:56:46 +0000 Bookish 1385975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really :( I have literally one mom friend in my area. There are zero working moms on my street, and I only see one daycare mom at pickup regularly (I'm working up the nerve to 'ask her out' ;)). All of my other friends don't have kids! Stinks, honestly. I'd love to have some people to hang out with or just talk to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385946 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:50:57 +0000 mediagirl 1385946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm working on it. :-) I've been lucky to meet some wonderful neighbors who are all working moms, too. I'm not into having lots of close friends so jhaving friends I can count on if I need something or want a glass of wine are perfect and they're that type of friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385889 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:32:18 +0000 Corduroy 1385889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do! My local mothers' clubs (both where I lived when I had LO and where I live now) are mainly made up of WOHMs. We have monthly play dates on Saturday mornings and every two or three months we have family pot lucks since a lot of us don't like leaving SOs on the weekend. I've also become much closer to the other mothers at work. </p> <p>All my friends that became moms are SAHMs. Most are great. Some talk crap about me behind my back for working. I don't really care but it makes me less likely to be open with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385869 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:25:17 +0000 mrsjazz 1385869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of my friends who are mothers live too far for play dates and meetups. I'm working on finding more Mom friends who WOHM. I joined a listserv and although there are Moms who work full time on it, we never participate. It's usually the SAHM or WAHM Moms who post about play dates at their homes and most of their meet ups are mid-day. I keep telling myself to unsubscribe. It's hard because we're so busy out of the home and the weekends can be sacred at times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385848 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:19:50 +0000 cmomma17 1385848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really, no. I have two work friends who are moms, but they aren't my friends outside of work life. One in particular is my work BFF because we really bonded over overlapping pregnancies. We occasionally text in the evenings or on the weekends as she called me for advice on her maternity leave. But we have never hung out or had a play date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385832 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:16:10 +0000 sandy 1385832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: it's so tough! I was so sad when my mom soulmate went back to work. We just fit in a lunch date once a month or even a super early breakfast date sometimes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385818 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:13:28 +0000 Smurfette 1385818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an awesome core group of 9 ladies that are local. And 7 are Moms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385812 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:12:46 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1385812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but I'm a teacher, so my job maybe has a greater density of mothers? I also have a "mom" friend who lives down the street (who I only got to know because we had babies close together). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385808 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:11:28 +0000 DillonLion 1385808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: yeah thats the other problem. None of my friends have had kids yet </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385805 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:10:53 +0000 rachiecakes 1385805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really :( I can never make playdates or fun " mom &amp; me" events because they're held on a weekday a 10am... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385803 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:09:35 +0000 DillonLion 1385803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandy: im not closed off to it! It is just hard to us to have common ground besides motherhood / time in our schedules. I have zero breaks during the year :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385800 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:09:09 +0000 autumnlove 1385800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only have friends with kids...not parents who became friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385794 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:07:54 +0000 sandy 1385794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: I'm a SAHM and I have several WOHM friends. Not just my childhood friends but moms that I met while they were on maternity leave or that have one day off every other week. Several of my WOHM friends are teachers/professors that have holidays off or summers off so we have a summer picnic group during their break </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-do-you-have-mom-friends#post-1385779 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:05:03 +0000 DillonLion 1385779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a couple, but its hard finding working mom friends and its very hard to connect with SAHMs on a level that allows us to be very close. </p> <p>I still think its worth it to continue the search lol. </p>