POLL: Where did you meet your best mom friends?

WilyRed · June 2009

Based on the recent post about meetup meanness, I thought we should brainstorm!

mandymack · June 2009

A New Parent Support Group, organized by California's First Five Program where first-time new moms are grouped together based upon the months in which their child was born. We met once per week for 8 weeks beginning when our kids were 2 months old and bonded immediately! We continued to meet up daily after the official group ended and are best friends today, nearly 3 years later.

I also became really close with two girlfriends I went to college with when I found out, through MySpace that they were pregnant at the exact same time as I was. We had drifted apart, as most people do, because of careers, marriage and moving away from campus and it was really amazing to come back together to support each other through pregnancy.

I have also formed friendships with women in my neighborhood because we frequent the same parks, library story times, enroll our kids in the same Tumbling class, Gymboree Class and Music Together Class and see each other at community events on the weekends.

I also found Alameda Hip Parents Yahoo Group that I joined and met with other first-time moms through The Berkeley Parents Network.

I attend **ALL** the family functions at DH's work and have met three nice families there as well.

mrsnemitz · June 2009

Through my meetup group!! (See my answer below)

drunkenwife · June 2009

on the knot/nest

Stacyc625 · June 2009

surprisingly enough- neighbors.

this neighborhood NEVER had kids in it before- however now there are 10 kids under the age of two. so its nice. we live in a very large single family townhome development- so its nice to have so many around.

CanonMom · June 2009

BaltimoreMommies.com We are apart of The Mommies Network. We have sister sites ALL over the US. Try to find one near you.

https://www.themommiesnetwork.org/

Read2Me · June 2009

My bff from college was pregnant with her third child when I was pregnant with Eva and it brought us even closer.

One of the girls I used to work with lives across the street from me and we hang out a lot more now that the weather has gotten nicer. ?There are a bunch of SAHMs in our neighborhood that I'm friendly with but none that I've made a strong connection with.?

Princess_Ariel · June 2009

Gymboree. I just happened to sit next to a woman who's baby was born within hours of DD at the same hospital, so I "insisted" we become friends. She introduced me to other Gym moms, and convinced me to attend a mom's group at our hospital, so I met even more people.

ali-1411 · June 2009

Huh. Hard to say, because ALL of my friends have kids. So I have friends from college, friends through DH, friends through work, meeting neighbors...

jenn7200 · June 2009

Aside from my best friend and our group of friends from high school, it would be the gals I met at MOPS.

citygirl_ · June 2009

Well, my best friend lives across the country, but she has 2 LO's (and one on the way!) so it's great that we can still chat. I met another Mom friend through Meetup and another right here on The Nest. Other friends are basically friends of friends or friends who had babies at the same time as me.

KL777 · June 2009

I met some great ones through a national moms group that was founded in DC/MD area and some great ones through my Women's Bible study.

ToBeMrsT · June 2009

I don't have any. I joined a local mom's group and the ladies were so cold I didn't keep going. I went to gymboree and nobody was friendly. We live close to Mexico so a lot of the moms don't speak english which makes it hard. I tried to do swim classes and the class was canceled because nobody else signed up. I've searched and searched for other local groups and I haven't found any.

WilyRed · June 2009

Very interesting none of us has said meetup.com, ha ha. I did have a close friend from meetup who turned out not to be a friend at all, and we no longer speak!

My best mom friends are women I used to work with, and another mom whose daughter went to Zachary's daycare.

aras3k · June 2009

I'm actually becoming good friends with the lady that started a meetup group in our area. A lot of the moms don't show up to things but the few that do, we're becoming close. I joined 3 different groups before I found one that clicked. I'm pretty introverted and have a hard time just meeting people out and about. I'm also thinking about joining the MOMS group in our area.

cp760 · June 2009

I found a group on Yahoo! Groups for my area. If you can't find a group for your area, start one!

I belonged to several groups before I found the 'right fit'. The group I have now is not the same group from when my first son was a baby (7 years ago). The group I have now has been a mixture and combination of several groups over the years. It will probably be very difficult to join a new group and then suddenly be bff with everyone. It'll take some time and a few bad playdates to find the moms that are the best fit. Give it time and don't be afraid to try new groups or start your own.

Even with the playgroup I have now, there are only about 3 of us that are really close. We get along great with the others, but different people just have more in common with certain people than others. Trial and error!

Anyway, long story short, the two moms that I get along best with I found on Yahoo! Groups. I have a few other good mom friends, but they are people I've know since before we had kids.

I'm also startng to make friends with the moms at my kids schools (preschool and elem school). Between pickups, dropoffs, class parties, fieldtrips, birthday parties.... you get to know the other moms.

gatogrrl · June 2009

My best mom friend is my best friend from college. But she lives in Hawaii, so we see each other only once every two years or so.

Back in Chicago, only one of my close friends had kids, or was even interested in having kids. I hung out with SAH moms from my writing program and from where I used to work.

Here in Princeton, there are a ton of young SAH moms in our "housing project" of university employees. The toddler park is just across the street from our apartment, so I run over when I see people there. I've met a lot of nice people. The library is also starting its summer reading program for toddlers, so I hope to meet people there, too.

gatogrrl · June 2009

Oh, and I looked into Meetup.com groups. All the ones near me had a "you must be under 35" requirement! That really bummed me out. Am I really so out of it just because I'm forty?

lilone_06 · June 2009

I didn't see the recent post, will have to look that up.

I've met my best mom friends at our local playgroup. But they're really only playgroup friends; every once in a while I'll send or receive a text from one to meet up at the park, or when we organize a girls night out. So, I guess they're really not the BEST friends, but we live 8,000 miles from all of our real friends and family, so I'll take what I can get.

bim38106 · June 2009

A first-time moms playgroup/support group that my hospital organizes. We all have our firsts born w/in 2-3 months of each other.. and over 1/2 of us are now PG w/ #2!

I also joined Mothers and More (national group w/ local chapters) and it has been a great way to meet other moms and have activities to do during the day and at night w/out the kids.

bim38106 · June 2009

gatogrrl:
Oh, and I looked into Meetup.com groups. All the ones near me had a "you must be under 35" requirement! That really bummed me out. Am I really so out of it just because I'm forty?

Seriously?! That's awful

Check out Mother's and More (mothersandmore.org). Our local chapter is really awesome and we have such a wide range of ages and moms! There's so much to do through them

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