tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584642723991168875.post2745319516901449346..comments2023-08-01T03:40:09.241-07:00Comments on Brunette on a Budget: Finding friends as an adultCrystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18247451368864312942noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584642723991168875.post-14983336496811405882012-12-06T02:28:18.305-08:002012-12-06T02:28:18.305-08:00It's good to hear from so many of you that mak...It's good to hear from so many of you that making friends as adults is often, to use a nicer word than the one I want, difficult. I kinda thought it was just me...<br /><br />Wanna get them *really* shocked? I return to wine with dinner after the end of the first-trimester... Just a little, and not every dinner, but - hey! Who wants to berate me first?Finicky Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096968677045137455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584642723991168875.post-50907757755941969342012-11-18T20:17:09.642-08:002012-11-18T20:17:09.642-08:00Thank you for this. I'm not a mom (and I don&#...Thank you for this. I'm not a mom (and I don't intend to be one anytime soon!), but I hate how some women just morph into these odd, sappy, monolithic versions of themselves after they have birth. Every experience in life is not all good, all the time, and I think it is totally okay to admit that! <br /><br />I hope you find some fun friends that read Vogue! Good Housekeeping is so blah.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294802243108972649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584642723991168875.post-10372279723812961362012-11-15T16:40:46.551-08:002012-11-15T16:40:46.551-08:00wait, what the f**k? moms swear off alcohol while...wait, what the f**k? moms swear off alcohol while breastfeeding? no. 10 months is enough and i will kill someone for my bottle of red after i deliver a baby. that is all.<br /><br />making friends as an adult sucks. two of my "best friends" and i have pretty much had falling outs this year and i'm realizing just how difficult it is to find other best friends at this age.<br /><br />hopefully you can click with the few that you said seem more normal. i hate when women put up a front and act like their lives are perfect in front of other women. isn't it the imperfectness is what women can bond over? anyways, good luck with your mom friends!!Amberhttp://www.healthywealthydiys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584642723991168875.post-474689213976410102012-11-15T09:04:37.736-08:002012-11-15T09:04:37.736-08:00I think that kids or no kids, it's harder to m...I think that kids or no kids, it's harder to make new friends as an adult. Maybe we have more defined and varied interests? That's too bad that you aren't connecting with the "mom groups". What about your before-kids friends? Even if they don't have kids yet, I bet they'd be more interested than you'd think to hang out. Girls night in after the kiddos go to sleep can be fun.<br /><br />Good luck.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795668965659926769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584642723991168875.post-68596222662648401772012-11-14T13:33:04.389-08:002012-11-14T13:33:04.389-08:00Mommy Group A sounds like your best bet. You are ...Mommy Group A sounds like your best bet. You are passionate about your career too -- you just happen to get to work from home while doing it!<br /><br />I am encouraging my current friends to get pregnant so I don't need to make new "mom friends." I'm kind of serious.<br /><br />Btw, you were right. Week 3 is much better than week 1 (at least in some ways). Now to prepare when my husband goes back to work in 3 weeks and I am really doing it all on my own.Karinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584642723991168875.post-53114893512355148682012-11-13T21:00:15.791-08:002012-11-13T21:00:15.791-08:00I know the feel :-/
What is it with these cliquey ...I know the feel :-/<br />What is it with these cliquey moms? Not that they are being mean or rude... just not open or fun. Its like they all take life way to seriously. They only talk about their kids & raising them because they 1) don't have anything in common or 2) don't have anything more interesting to discuss.<br /><br />Maybe the problem is that when you have little kids you probably haven't seen any movies, been to concerts, traveled (without said kid), or done too much interesting grown-up stuff. Last week I went to our super-awesome botanic garden and ended up spending the entire time at the kids section watching the kiddo climb the tree fort. <br /><br />The one thing I can say I was unprepared for with having a kid was the loneliness of not having adult friend contact. I am around my husband and his parents all the time and they are great, but not having a go-to girlfriend nearby sucks.Nadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863878416871859095noreply@blogger.com