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What goes on at "playgroups"?

Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Ok...I've been living in NJ for a little over a year and guess how many friends I have here? NONE! Well, I do wave and say hello to this one mailman every day, lol, but he doesn't count. :p I'm a pretty social person, so it's kind of getting to me that my social life consists of dinner once a week with my in-laws...lol.

I was just wondering if anyone here (stay-at-home moms or dads) has ever joined a playgroup with their kid? What goes on there?? Would this be a good way to meet people? I'm lonely! Waaah! :p
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Ok...I've been living in NJ for a little over a year and guess how many friends I have here? NONE! Well, I do wave and say hello to this one mailman every day, lol, but he doesn't count. :p I'm a pretty social person, so it's kind of getting to me that my social life consists of dinner once a week with my in-laws...lol.

    I was just wondering if anyone here (stay-at-home moms or dads) has ever joined a playgroup with their kid? What goes on there?? Would this be a good way to meet people? I'm lonely! Waaah! :p

    I have no idea. But it seems to me, that moms have many friends as their children get older....my friend for example is not a friendly person at all. She is moody and has a sharp tongue. When she recently remarried and I went to her shower, I could not get over how many friends she has (we used to work together and she left). I asked her who they were and she really did not explain it well. Then after listening to some of the ladies talk, they were mom's of her daughter's friends. They were talking about taking kids to gymnastics, so I figured she met them there and they were her neighbors. Any ideas for how an old woman who likes Pearl Jam can make friends? I have no kids and my neighbors are 70-80.
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  • harrymanbackharrymanback Posts: 435
    before you have playdates, you have to meet other parents. good start is at classes like gymboree, music classes, etc. go to the park. you meet them, then get invited to a group, them meet others. in the end, the initial person may not even be the one you become closest to, but they got the whole thing kickstarted.
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    J check out any library programs that offer playgroups or story hours, etc.
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  • westsidepiewestsidepie Posts: 627
    When my wife and I lived in Texas, she joined a "Moms" group. The moms and little kids would get together regularly. Moms would do their thing, kids would do theirs. She really enjoyed it. I don't know how she found out about this group. I will ask her to post how she met the group, when she gets home.
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Ok...I've been living in NJ for a little over a year and guess how many friends I have here? NONE! Well, I do wave and say hello to this one mailman every day, lol, but he doesn't count. :p I'm a pretty social person, so it's kind of getting to me that my social life consists of dinner once a week with my in-laws...lol.

    I was just wondering if anyone here (stay-at-home moms or dads) has ever joined a playgroup with their kid? What goes on there?? Would this be a good way to meet people? I'm lonely! Waaah! :p

    When I moved to Austin from Seattle, I knew no one at first. I did get to know quite a few mothers after a while though.

    I met them a few ways: I met one of my good friends at our sons' swimming lessons--(she's the one that invited me to join her church's mother's group), I met another woman at a park that we both would take our children to (we would talk on the bench together...), another mother was my neighbor, and then there were nice women in the choir I played for...

    Women with young children are all over and I think loneliness is a hazard for stay-at-home moms so you can probably find people who also need company if you just look around when you're out doing mom/kid types of things. For some reason, Austin had VERY NICE women. :):)

    Oh, I forgot to tell you what our playgroup was like:
    We had three main activities...1) We'd go places with the kids as a group (different parks, etc.,)
    2) Once a month we had a meeting where we discussed parenting books
    3) Once a month the moms went to someone's house or out to dinner just for fun without the kids
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,140
    Basically the kids play together while the Moms all do weird and illegal stuff like the characters on Desperate Housewives.
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