Thanks to everyone who commented on yesterday’s post. It is nice to know I’m not alone, but I feel sad that there are others of you out there that struggle with the same thing. So, two things I’ve done today. One, I found this book, The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When You’re Not a Kid Anymore
and I have it on my wish list. Maybe it will help some of you out there, too. Two, I contacted two friends that had asked me about getting together while I was away at home. So, there ya go. There’s more work to be done in this area, and those of you who have offered a friendly ear may hear from me soon. And, if any of you want to do the same, I’m pretty easy to find. I’m also considering calling up a couple of friends who live close by to see about having drinks or something. And I have some other possibilities as well. As bj said in the comments, I think I need to make it a project or I’ll just be sitting around by myself for a while.
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The best thing I ever did when I needed to make friends was start a book club. I did this up in Philly, and I did this a year after I moved to Atlanta, even though I had just had another baby. The friends I’ve made through book clubs are my friends for life.
Hey, I blogged about that book a while back:
http://halfchangedworld.com/2005/11/the-friendship-crisis/
I’m not sure I have any more local friends now than I did then, but I do have facebook, so I’m more in touch with my distant friends…