Any mom's have issues with flakey friends? I only have a couple of friends I ever talk to or hangout…

@vamommy89 I could be missing a couple of fingers and still count on one hand 😅 I don't even know how to go about making new friends.

I know exactly how you feel! I moved away (10+ hours away from family and friends) then one of my closest friends moved down here (her husband got a job working with mine... so I literally have 1 friend... I honestly saw/talked to her more when she lived 3 states away! It's SO annoying! Always making plans and canceling last minute!

@dreamermom It's insanely frustrating 😬 Especially the part where she's super late. We used to have board game nights with her and her husband, but they always showed up like 2 hours late. 2 HOURS. Who does that?!

I don't mind 15 minutes late, but seriously??

@joanna.davis, yep that is y friend also! So I literally started telling her 2 hours earlier so she shows up on time! 😅... I always told her husband the real time, and he would laugh because he knows that's how she always is!

@dreamermom Yeah, I do the same thing now, but she just ends up canceling, lol.

Her husband is just as bad as her 🙄 They accuse one another of being the problem, but even when they are coming in seperate cars, from seperate locations, they're both late, lol.

@vamommy89, yes! I had to lose some friends too. I have less friends now but I know they will at least show up!

To make good mom friends I started going to public kid play areas. We have one at our library here as well as the mall and other centers. I smiled at other moms and tried to be open to conversation. Soon enough one lady started talking to me and I got her number so that we could have a sushi night and now a play date later. I was kinda nervous when I was talking to her but she already had like 5 kids so I guess she was a natural.

@egayton2017 unfortunately I live in a city that doesn't have much going on for kids 😕 The main place everyone meets new people here is at churches, but I'm not religious at all 😅

@joanna.davis, if it's a big city maybe you can meet up in person with friends from online more easily? Or group activities: art classes, mommy and me yoga classes at gyms, or even city parks? Whatever you are interested in doing, there are bound to be others who also enjoy that activity, or parent groups dedicated to that activity if you prefer only mom friends.

@egayton2017 nope 😣 It's not exactly a small town, but definitely a small city. A small, Southern city, with mostly retired population.

There's no activities for moms, and I never find other moms in the area on online communities.

I tried starting up a monthly potluck/play date with some other moms I do know, and everyone said they were interested, but only 1 other mom showed up everytime 😧

@joanna.davis wow that is definitely tough! ☹️ I live in a large city with the feel of a small town and it is so darn white and conservative here, and I am so not a white conservative haha. Kudos to you for trying to start a mom group, that is so brave. That sounds really challenging and I am cheering for you.

@egayton2017 Yeah, that's how it is here too 😬

Thanks!