I'm no good at the planned meet ups. Randomly talking to moms I meet is easier...at parks, baby yoga, library classes. Gives my awkward self time to warm up.
See, this to me is WAY more scary than attending a planned meet up! I feel like at a planned meet up I have an "in" to talk to people...conversing with random folks? Oh my gosh, that fills me with dread.
I will not be doing this. Like many of the ladies mentioned I am a little shy & I don't necessarily like people. I will take advantage in meeting other moms IRL, like at the doctor, kids stores etc. I hope to formulate some type of support mom group from this.
this!! Completely this.. I really don't think there is a mommy and me group around here anyway. There is never anything even halfway interesting around here.
I'm no good at the planned meet ups. Randomly talking to moms I meet is easier...at parks, baby yoga, library classes. Gives my awkward self time to warm up.
See, this to me is WAY more scary than attending a planned meet up! I feel like at a planned meet up I have an "in" to talk to people...conversing with random folks? Oh my gosh, that fills me with dread.
I agree! I feel like it would be easier for me to talk to people at a planned meet up, because that's what everyone is there for and everyone's in the same boat. (Probably all a little nervous) If it's planned, I'm able to prep myself and I know that I'm purposefully there to try and meet new people.
I find it hard to strike up a conversation with random people in random places, and anytime it does happen, all I want to do is just end the conversation and get on with what I was doing.
I'm no good at the planned meet ups. Randomly talking to moms I meet is easier...at parks, baby yoga, library classes. Gives my awkward self time to warm up.
See, this to me is WAY more scary than attending a planned meet up! I feel like at a planned meet up I have an "in" to talk to people...conversing with random folks? Oh my gosh, that fills me with dread.
I totally am the same way, but babies make it MUCH easier. Especially as they start interacting. You have easy default questions "whats her name...how old...blah blah." I also would normally wait for someone to come talk to me because I hate that! When you start seeing familiar faces week after week it starts to get easier.
Since I will most likely only be going back to work part time, I'd been considering a local group, but I'm a speshil sneauflake of sorta (aka I'm a complete nerd/weirdo) so I don't do well in those situations. I just feel like when I meet new people I have to put up a front, or they are, and I hate that.
I just want to skip all the formalities and get to the part where were friends and sing Broadway musicals as loud as possible in the car.
Yes, I'm thinking of joining the group for moms in my neighborhood (urban). It seems like it's pretty large and has a lot of resources and discounts, so I think it should be worthwhile.
I am not shy, but I do sometimes have difficulty in situations with a lot of new people, particularly if they're very cliquey (painful high school flashbacks perhaps?). I think it's helpful to remind yourself that many people find it difficult to meet new people, shy or not, so you shouldn't feel out of place on that account.
I think this is a situation where you don't have much to lose by putting yourself out there; if you don't connect with anyone, unlike work, church, etc. - you don't need to go back there.
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