Would this be weird?

AggieCouple

I took the kids to the neighborhood playground this afternoon.  Two girls, ages 8 and 4 (the same age as ML), came a little later, and their grandparents sat down next to me and started chatting (it becomes clear why later).

She mentioned that her son and his wife were both optometrists, and as we talked, we realized they graduated from the same optometry school and year as my sister.  And then, we realized the daughter-in-law may have graduated from high school with my brother, too.  Then, she revealed that the daughter-in-law was Vietnamese (like me). Their son is Caucasian, and the whole mixed marriage thing was, I think, why she zeroed in on me.

Anyway, the grandmother was totally taken with my kids, and was very eager to get me and H to meet her son and daughter-in-law.  She gave me their number and took mine; it turns out they live 2 blocks down from us.  ML got on very well with the 4 year old. 

All of the people on our block are older than us and the kids are all several years older than my kids.  I would *love* for ML to have a playmate her age, living two blocks away, and I have to admit, I'd like her to have friends that can understand straddling two cultures.

So would it be weird for me to call these people, who have never met me, to set up a play date?  Would you be a little weirded out?  The grandmother (who I rather liked) drove the whole thing, and told me she'd tell them about our meeting.  

WDYT? 

ETA: I mentioned the whole optometry/high school thing because there is a good chance they already know my sister and/or brother, if that affects anything. 

shopgirl_07

No, not weird at all! Call them and see how it goes. They may not respond but it's worth a shot.

wildfloweragain

I'd do it.  I've had people we met from swim class, etc, that we just never met up again.  Busy schedules and seasons changing (I'm like a SAHM in the summer and so not in the school year, so things change for me radically.) SO I figure try to get together once and see if you hit it off enough to want to meet up again. 

femmegem

What do you have to lose? I'd give it a try.

minnasmommy

I would! what the heck! they may turn out to be great friends of yours!  worth a shot, right?