Friendless mommy
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:55 pm
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/60793/
In case SEM reads this board, I just wanted to say that I feel your pain! My problem is that we live in the same place my husband is from, so he always has friends to hang out with and go mountain biking with, has lots of brothers to do things with, and has great co-workers as well. And I have no one. I tried making friends in my ward, but honestly, the women that I really look up to and want to get to know better don't make time for friends. They spend all of their time shuttling their kids and volunteering at the schools and everything else. I have a couple of friends who make time for friendships, but somehow I have trouble relating to them for different reasons. My favorite friends are my husband's co-worker's wives, who I love, despite not seeing very often. Rather sad that I can't even get my own friends.
The reason I am saying this here and not as a comment is because I have absolutely no solutions to the problem. Having friends to spend time with other women my age away from toddlerdom is a constant wish for me, but just doesn't happen. I guess my solution is to come here and pretend like I have friends
. (Wow, that really makes me sound like some depressed, hygiene-challenged nerd or something, but I swear I mean that in a good way . . .)
In case SEM reads this board, I just wanted to say that I feel your pain! My problem is that we live in the same place my husband is from, so he always has friends to hang out with and go mountain biking with, has lots of brothers to do things with, and has great co-workers as well. And I have no one. I tried making friends in my ward, but honestly, the women that I really look up to and want to get to know better don't make time for friends. They spend all of their time shuttling their kids and volunteering at the schools and everything else. I have a couple of friends who make time for friendships, but somehow I have trouble relating to them for different reasons. My favorite friends are my husband's co-worker's wives, who I love, despite not seeing very often. Rather sad that I can't even get my own friends.
The reason I am saying this here and not as a comment is because I have absolutely no solutions to the problem. Having friends to spend time with other women my age away from toddlerdom is a constant wish for me, but just doesn't happen. I guess my solution is to come here and pretend like I have friends
. (Wow, that really makes me sound like some depressed, hygiene-challenged nerd or something, but I swear I mean that in a good way . . .)