for mom/dad friends?
I suck at it and I feel like I have some "missed connections" out there! Maybe next time...
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HORRIBLE. I have come away from nice playground chats so many times thinking I should have gotten their info. It's worse than dating, for sure.
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Not at all. It's probably why I don't have very many mom friends! I'm just horrible at asking for contact info and even more horrible at staying in touch. Yikes. That was one of my goals for improvement for 2014 and so far it hasn't happened...
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I'm bad at this and I don't even have a LO yet. I'm bad at making the first move for regular old friend friends. It's so hard!
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I have gotten A LOT better. Seriously. Pre-SAHM I would never initiate anything to make friends. I got desperate though and have been stepping out of my comfort zone to initiate a lot lately. It's paying off! I'm finally developing good mommy friendships and it's so totally worth being uncomfortable.
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@Running Elley: Yes! So worth it b/c everyone wants to have more friends. I never really talked to strangers pre-SAHM, but now I talk to anyone and everyone. My husband jokes that I'm trying to date every mom in town.
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Making friends as an adult always makes me feel like a total creeper.
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I'm horrible at making the first move. I never know if people really like me so I don't want to throw myself out there.
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Gawd, making the first moves on men was so.much.easier than making the first move on possible parent-friends! Most of the other parents that dropoff/pickups are dads, and I'm chatty with a couple but I'm not sure how to invite their families over without it being awkward!!
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I'm not great at it but I'm trying to get better - we need some more mom/baby friends!
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I am not good about it at all! It just feel awkward and I do wish we hang out with more moms. I talk to a lot of moms but it feel weird to "ask them out"!
Funny the other day we were playing soccer with LO in the park and a mom with twins walked by, asked her twins to join us, and chat with us about the kids for quite a long time. My husband later was like, gee being a mom must be very boring or why is she talking to us. I was like what? Men (or just my husband) just won't understand.
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I actually make the first move quite a bit (suggesting play date, phone number exchange etc) but have trouble keeping the friendship going! If the party waits on me to make it happen all the time, it tends to fizzle.
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I am, but I rarely do.
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We've made a couple of great parent friends from our neighborhood playground and daycare!
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I'm trying to put myself out there. I have asked one mom for her number that I met at the playground but things got busy/sicknesses/first trimester and I never got in touch with her. I feel bad about it.
Just this week I asked a mom at My Gym if she wanted to meet at the park. We did today and hit it off! So happy to have a new friend.
I've found I just have to make the first move.
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