Mops

Eggerkr

I think this is a national association but mops stands for mothers of preschoolers. Several of my already moms friends are involved in this club. I had a friend get me all excited about joining the club to find out I won't be able to. I'm a ftm and plan on returning back to work. The friend that introduced me to the group is on the board for this year as the social committee. I asked her to see if the rest of the board would be up for planning evening events and some weekend ones since I can't make the week day ones. She comes back to me with a answer of " we could do weekend and evening events and we have in the past but I'm already planning the weekday ones which will be too exhausting enough." I understand this group is all sahm's but was my request really out of the ordinary? I can't be the only working mom that would enjoy taking their child to these events? I was also a bit pissed when she said I could still play the 150.00 membership fee and take off work to join the events if I wanted and in her words " the club really needs the money!" Seriously? Why would I pay 150.00 to join a club that I couldn't come to? Also for a community social group 150.00 seems a bit much?! Maybe I'm over reacting and sad for the fact that I can't join. But I think more or less of it is the way she said it too me.

snowflake350

Wow! 150 is a lot. I'm in MOPS and I forgot the exact amount but it's around 50 or 60 a year. They do moms night out events about once a month and of course it's in the evening and sometimes on the weekend. The playdates always seem to be during the day on weekdays.

Eggerkr

snowflake350:

Wow! 150 is a lot. I'm in MOPS and I forgot the exact amount but it's around 50 or 60 a year. They do moms night out events about once a month and of course it's in the evening and sometimes on the weekend. The playdates always seem to be during the day on weekdays.

This is what I'm talking about! I would pay this maybe... MAYBE if I lived in a a large city or or on the coast where cost of living is more expensive but not in a small town on a town of only 20k.

BeachMommy2B

Are you wanting to join because it's a group for moms with toddlers? If not join your local Junior League. I LOVE being a JL member, we have so much fun together and at the same time give so much back to our community. There are all kinds of women in the group so you are bound to find ladies just like yourself!

watercolor5

Have you tried meetup.com for moms groups?  It helps you find local meetup groups, and I know mom groups are pretty common.  The one in my area is really active, it's participate however much you can/want, and there's no membership fee.  You just pay for the events or activities you attend, if they cost anything.

notkateanymore

All MOPS groups I've seen are for SAHMs. I'm sure there are some that aren't, but I think it kind of started as a way to get SAHMs and kids out and about.

notkateanymore

BeachMommy2B:

Are you wanting to join because it's a group for moms with toddlers? If not join your local Junior League. I LOVE being a JL member, we have so much fun together and at the same time give so much back to our community. There are all kinds of women in the group so you are bound to find ladies just like yourself!

And on the other side of the JL coin is me...just resigned after 5 years and it's the best thing I've done since joining. IMO, working and having a new baby is not the time to do your provisional year for JL.  

KFED103

watercolor5:

Have you tried meetup.com for moms groups?nbsp; It helps you find local meetup groups, and I know mom groups are pretty common.nbsp; The one in my area is really active, it's participate however much you can/want, and there's no membership fee.nbsp; You just pay for the events or activities you attend, if they cost anything.

This is what I do. There are a lot of weekday events for SAHMs but there are some weekend, weekday evening, and moms night out events that the working moms regularly attend.