Making friends

Does anyone find it hard to make other mum friends? I would consider myself an outgoing and easily approachable person, and I have had my friends for years. Being the youngest in the group they have all had their kids, while I’m just starting now. I’ve joined different groups and some groups the mums aren’t interested in making conversation, and some other groups I get on really well with the mums. However, I’ve yet to find another mum who I can just message and ask if they are free for a walk or coffee when the days are feeling lonely. I was at a play group today and I chat to two other mums who I thought could become friends. They do know each other since before having their babies so I probably am at a disadvantage but things just haven’t got to that stage yet, apart from them inviting my to a lunch with them but I think that was because I was walking the same way. It was the last session of the term, and all of the mums in the group seem to have their little cliques and were going somewhere else after, while I just walked home on my own. The two mums I usually walk out with went a separate way this week, and it made me feel a bit sad. I don’t know what I want from this post, I think I just feel a bit lost.

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im the same page as you even i had friends before i became a mom they end up having a distanve relationship cuz they dotn want or deal with me not being free al the time how i use to , my advive really dont focus with these things it will come if a good friend that will understand you , focus on having good time with yourself and baby i mean i can rlly have fum with myself i go out i go everywhere u will meet people everywhere and assholes will not come ur way dont let this make u feel lost seriously ❤️❤️❤️

I could have written this today. But I'm quite reserved so find it difficult to strike up conversation. I feel so deflated coming out of groups sometimes as I often feel like the only one in the room who hasn't clicked with anybody. I would agree with what Eva said above though, friendships will come naturally. Focus on the time with baby 👶

I’m 2 years down the line and still havnt really met any mums for friends, I’ve got some stuff going on which means I’m a little less flexible now and I work 4 full days in retail, might of been different if I was brave enough to do baby groups when my girl was a baby but I wasn’t and I now live with those consequences. I would say I’m not really a mumsy mum in a lot of ways but am in others so I guess I struggle as I havnt found a clique that suits me 😂🙈

Hi I found my best friend at baby sensory she started going with a girl she met at the hospital while giving birth they both had their baby's same day and I thought I would never make friends but we are now inserepable,some baby classes I hated as the moms were clicky and I'd leave and go home and cry,but I tried to do as many different classes for my girl and to put me out there too as I'm quite shy, please don't give up,I'm lucky she spoke to me first as I find it difficult to strike up a conversation and am awkward 😂 I think it honestly depends on the groups as some I went to ppl never spoke at all, whereas baby sensory ppl were more friendly and chatty x

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