How to Make Friends When You are a Stay At Home Mom

Are you a stay at home mom that feels cut off from the rest of the world? Here's some great tips for meeting people and making new friends.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A Smile
• good attitude

1. Get out of the house!!! Go to Church, join the YMCA, take your kids to the park, take your kids bowling, sign the kids up for community sports like soccer, baseball, football, or even swimming and tennis lessons. Getting out of your house and putting yourself in situations where you can talk to people starts the ball rolling. You can't do these things just once though. In order to form relationships, you have to keep showing up.

2. Volunteer. It's a great learning experience for your children, makes you feel good inside and puts you in a position to make friends. Some things/places to volunteer: at school, nursing homes, community clean up projects, community sports teams and events and animal shelters. Check with your local community center for other places where your services might be needed.

3. Invite one of your new acquaintances to lunch, or some of your kid's new team mates or park friends for a play date. You and the other moms can chat and the kids can enjoy each other.

4. Check out stay at home mom groups or play groups in your area. Some places to go to find these are MOPS, International, MomsClub international, and Meetup.com.

5. Take your kids to the library!! Most public libraries offer free story time. Ours did story time, had an arts and crafts session, followed by snacks, every Tuesday. It was a great place to meet other moms, and a great learning environment for the kids.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep in mind, you have to follow up. When you meet these new people, creating a lasting friendship with them takes time and EFFORT. Ask them what they do for fun, places they like to go, things they like to do. Find some common ground and build on it. Most importantly, get out there and HAVE FUN!!
• Don't invite the first person you meet home with you. Always get to know people in a neutral place before giving them personal details, like directions to your house.