1 post tagged “mothers”

Why is it so hard to find a good "girl friend" these days? One that you can hang out with on weekends, have coffee with on occasion and make paper crafts together even if your projects turn out like Pre-K Artwork? What happened to those groups of girls that get together and be young together, even if you are a mom? I'm a mother of 3 and I still find time for my kids, my husband, my work, my MMORPGs, and myself - in that order too! I hear women all the time complain about how they "never have time for themselves" or "they feel so old" but to me, I could make a list of shit that I go through and I still make an effort to make a friend, so those words are just excuses.

I have tried to invite people out, invite them over, invite them to coffee, even volunteered to find babysitters for these women and I always get pushed aside. Some even say "I don't have the money", so I tell them I can get a babysitter that does $7.00/hr and for only 3 hrs that's only $21!! If you plan for it during the month and I give 2 weeks or more in advance, why can't you pre-plan? So I ask when in the ENTIRE MONTH will you ever be able to do anything? ... always excuses.

Maybe it's me, I am always told I'm a good person, friendly, loving, so fun to be around ... maybe I'm looking for friends in the wrong places? Maybe it's just not meant for me to have friends? What do you ladies do to make a new friend? Where do you look for friends?

I live by the saying that one philosopher once stated; "You don't stop playing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop playing" ... and I don't plan to be an old woman anytime soon!