I apologize in advance if this is going to sound ridiculous, but I’m having a pretty hard time, and it’s starting to wear on me, in all honesty. My son is about to turn 7 and is an only child. We don’t have big families and no small kids in our extended families. We don’t really know the neighbors, and trying to get to know them hasn’t been very fruitful this far.Our son is sweet and can be independent but pretty outgoing. He always wants someone to play with. His father and I love to oblige, but we are trying to find kids to get him some play dates with. I -feel- like I’m pretty good with people - I’m a manager in customer service so I have to read and interact with people on a daily basis. I’ve tried on numerous occasions to reach out to parents of his closest friends to see if they’d be amenable to getting together just to get to know each other so the kids could see each other sometimes outside of school, and I get one or two responses and then just nothing. I don’t want to be pushy so I usually just leave it.I’ve gone to a couple birthday parties where I’ve had awesome interactions with parents, we set up stuff, they seem genuinely excited... then I texted them and have been completely ghosted.I even had great chemistry with another parent at the school I had met through an after school club, whose son is really good friends with my son. She doesn’t know many people in the area and we thought it might be fun to get the kids together this summer. I have zoo passes and invited them along... and then I messaged her about if she was into going a certain weekend and...no response. At all.I feel like I’m failing as a parent to be honest. I’m introverted by nature and so it’s kind of a punch in the gut to put myself out there over and over and keep getting rejected. I wouldn’t do it if not for him. He’s such a great kid, and I don’t want to disappoint him.Is this the norm? Am I going crazy? I’m pretty sure this is the definition of crazy... 😕 via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/30ANlbh
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