We finally made friends!!

My husband and I have been together for 10 years. I have met his friends, he has met mine. Occasionally we hang out with his friends as he does with mine. In the 10 years we have been together, we have gotten married, had 2 kids, I moved to where he is from, gotten closer to each others families etc etc. All the while, we always felt isolated. Esp after having kids. I had a difficult time finding like minded people. Never gelled with a parent group or playgroups etc etc. My anxiety levels kepts going up to the point of my kids not having other kids around to play with because I never bothered to socialise with other parents. My oldest started school in 2019, and finally towards the end of the year, my husband and I found our tribe.It started with birthday parties, and school pick ups. My husband was adamant to make sure they could have play dates, so he would be chattier then I was. As the year went on, more social gatherings were taking place. Cliques were being formed etc etc. Then one mum planned an event at a winery for all the mums of the same class and just like that, one debaucherous night created friendships! Last night for the first time in my life, we got invited to a nye's get together at the pub. Families from school, everyone had a great time and the kids enjoyed themselves. Hubby and I came home revitilasied. People actually want to hang with us! We arent as weird as we think! We even got invited into someones front yard as we walked home and had a beer in front of their fire place while our kids played. I am so glad my kids are getting to play with other kids and not becoming a product of a hermit mum!It is truly amazing what finding a few friends add to your life. Parents..make sure you have friends that you can just have drinks with and chill, it will make this having children thing get a lot easier to handle! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2MMMpLH