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Melissa~
Thanks for the ideas. I've tried a couple of them...
The school does have class moms, and I jumped on that chance. So, I wait patiently to see my turn come up. Still waiting, but I have had a chance to help with a couple of the parties. I don't want to sound evil or anything, but I'm thinking that my son is 3, and most of the people I know who have young kids are fairly close to my age. I get this call in Oct. to help with the fall party, and I find out the room mother is an at home mom. Finally I have something in common with a new person, and my social circle has expanded by 1. WOOOHOOO! On top of that, her husband works at the same place as mine. (I'm getting excited because I'm thinking she might be over 18 and under 45.) Then, she says, 'how old are you? you sound really young.' OK, so I'm 26. She's 40 something. Not that this is a bad thing, but I started looking into it, and I am like the youngest of all the mothers. By a lot.
Well, the room mother and I hit it off, and we make plans to go out together so she can show me the area. This solves a couple problems. Both of us need time out of the house and something that resembles a social life. Unfortunately, we have yet to get together outside of school functions.
In the process, we come up with a few other at home moms. A play group is a wonderful idea, and she and I agree it should be something we try to form with some of the others. It's looking like we're the only 2, so nothing has materialized.
I am looking into volunteer opportunities, and I've even told everyone I know who is involved with something like that that I would be more than willing to help. My church does a lot of things to help in the community, and one of my cousins heads up most of it, but never even thought that I might want to help.
You know what really gets me, though? My husband is quite a bit older than me, and most of his family treats me like I'm a mid-life crisis. I'll grant that we are not exactly the ideal conventional couple, but sometimes it seems like they enjoy watching me squirm as they talk about things that happened way back when.
I'm sure it will get better, but I'm just really tired of feeling like I live in a bubble.
Thanks!
Lori
BTW... I'm in sw Ohio
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