Making Friends: Myself
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Making Friends
Asked by M.D. from Panama City
on March 2, 2008
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How do i help my daughter make friends? She is not shy, 5 years old, no school yet, late b-day,and we live way out in the woods. I put her in dance class, and try to ...
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- M., I just attended a great seminar called " Love and Logic " at Lake Forrest Prep School. It was about how to parent your children in the right way to make them r...
- you may want to consider a brownie or girl scout troop. The parents for that activity are much less likely to drop their kids off and leave. It's a wonderful organizat...
- M. I would suggest the following - church sunday school, brownies or if available in your neck of the woods public play grounds. You have to go at the same time, s...
Making Friends
Asked by M.V. from Chicago
on February 9, 2008
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A little frustrated. I have lived here for 3 years. In this time it has been hard to make friends. When you finally get to know some one it turns out they weren't real...
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- Hi M., I have also lived here about three years. I moved here from Utah. I am 26 and have a 3 yr. old boy and a 1 yr. old girl. My husband's name is Kelvin. I would ...
- Hi M., I just moved from Cali to Northern Chicago and left my whole life behind. I was so home-sick and hated the idea of making new friends when I had perfectly g...
- I have met some great people on matchingmoms.org I moved to IL when I was 7 months pregnant. All of the sudden I went from a lot of friends and a full time job to wha...
Career - What Would You Do?
Asked by M.R. from Chicago
on October 15, 2010
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Current situation: After 15 years into your gig you have a job that pays six figures, is a fairly easy job. You're tenured and there is very little chance of getting ...
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- When you are 80 and look back what will you think? How old are your kids? In Europe it is more the culture to have a manageable job and then find fulfillment outsi...
- Yes you have itchy feet and want to explore. I think a lot of this desire comes after having children. You give birth and a whole new world opens up with many, many ...
- If you're getting paid 6 figures and can't aford the tuition to go back to school, how are you going to be able to aford not working for 2 years and taking a huge pay ...
Making Friends with Other Moms
Asked by S.C. from Minneapolis
on May 9, 2011
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I moved to a new town several years ago and had a hard time making new friends (I'm shy and people in my town tend to already have social circles that seem to be hard ...
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- I think many of us moms feel this. I would just simply say, "Hey ladies, would any of you be up for a ladies night out? Maybe we can go out to eat or a movie or someth...
- I have a hard time with this issue sometimes too because we all get so crazy busy. I don't see my friends nearly as often as I would like, but here are the things we ...
- If you are to shy to ask anoth mother out one on one try asking all of them over for a Kid Free Night. Afterall you will be seeing these women for years to come as yo...
Trouble Making Friends with Other Moms, Is It Me?
Asked by G.N. from Waco
on July 12, 2010
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I have trouble making friends, I don't know if it's that I am trying to hard or what. I have joined mommy groups, play dates, mops, a church (by the way I was baptist ...
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- I too have the same problem. I have no trouble 'making' friends but once they get to know me & MY weird sense of humor or conversation preferences, they bolt. I have n...
- Oh sweetie all I can say is I feel you!!! I have been in a tough spot for like a year. It is lonely and it is hard to understand why no connections seem to happen. ...
- i like you...........i wish i was brave enough to have pink hair!.....i get the same thing....or used to, from other moms, i was a young mom myself i had my first at 2...
Friends
Asked by C.B. from Austin
on June 18, 2011
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I have lived in Austin all my life and never really had girl friends to hang out with. I'm a stay home mom with a 1 yr. old boy and a husband who works alot. I would l...
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- My wife and I have always found church to be a wonderful place to meet new friends when we move into a new area. When we were newly married, we went to the "young mar...
- I wanted to add to my reply....always talk to the moms you see at the park. Chances are they are just as lonely as you are! *** I hope you feel reassured by how m...
- It will get much easier as your son gets older. I would look into putting him into a two year old preschool program-mine did one 2 mornings a week. They both really ...
Friends
Asked by A.B. from Minneapolis
on March 14, 2011
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I have been struggling lately with my lack of friends. i have acuaintences but i do not have any close friends. i'm starting to think i am pushing people away. out of ...
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- Don't give up...there is someone (other than your hubby) who would love to be your friend. But you are going to have to put yourself out there. Are the qualities y...
- My oldest is 5 and I haven't made a close friend with kids the same age. I've met some other moms I say hello to in playgroup or story hour but that's it. You could ...
- I think you are doing yourself a disservice by being picky about finding someone who shares the same values and interests. I say this as a person who has pushed away p...
Friends
Asked by P.A. from Los Angeles
on August 2, 2011
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what qualities do you consider in a friend?? If your friend lied, committed fraud and you knew, or threw you under the bus; would you forgive them?? Would you still be...
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- over but when i was younger, i was too forgiving
- "Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." W. H. Auden
- Great question. A friend is someone with the same quailities you have. Loyalty, honesty, laughter, goals, and morals are some of the things important to establishing a...
Friends
Asked by H.W. from Colorado Springs
on January 30, 2008
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My best friend moved 5 months ago and I miss her dearly. The problem is I am not a social butterfly like my husband is. I don't have any girlfriends here to talk to li...
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- You can always go to the library for story time, the park, mommy and me classes, etc. Moms seem to have a way of bonding just because they are moms. I've made severa...
- Some great advice here! My 2 best friends with children moved away about a year after I had my first child. I was so lonely I actually STARTED my own mom's group in ...
- I think many of us moms feel this way once we become moms, marry and friends move away. I know I do. My closest friend and companion is my husband. As for women, my mo...
Friends
Asked by G.L. from Buffalo
on April 30, 2007
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I have these two friends who are also both in my wedding and they hate each other. I am not sure why this all just started to happen between them too. I a trying to st...
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- You need to sit down with both of them and explain that this is YOUR day, not theirs and what ever is going on between them, they need to put aside at this time, espec...
- They are probably just fighting for your attention, I have friends like that too, if it gets too out of hand, just sit them down and explain to them how you feel, and ...
- Well tell them if they cant grow up and put their feelings aside and focus on you because this is YOUR day, tell them they are both out of the wedding and choose some ...
