NTR: How many close girlfriends do you have?

ShanJosh777 · January 2010

I really only have three friends that I would consider close friends that I would call up to go see a movie or go out. Plus I have two sisters, but one lives four hours away and one is still in HS. So not ideal.

I feel like such a loser because I never have anyone to hang out with. None of these people have kids either. I think I need some new mommy friends.

Temp856430000003146 · January 2010

I met a lot of mommies on my local board who I now consider very good friends.

Before I was on my local board: 2-3 close friends (not including my mom, who I spend a lot of time with)

After my local board: 7-8

Angiesmommy · January 2010

I know what you mean. I feel like a loser sometimes because I can never find anyone to hang with when I'd like to. I'd say I have 3 friends I consider very close friends. But only 2 of them live close to me. The 3rd one is moving to Japan this week.

It makes me very very sad, but I know I can pick up the phone and talk to her whenever.

CelticWife · January 2010

I only have 2 that I consider to be close friends. We hang out once or twice a month. One of them is pregnant now and the other is considering having children, so we might have our own mommy group someday! lol. It is hard when you are the only one of your close friends that has a baby.

Brookie-Cookie · January 2010

before having kids? a couple (what I thought) were really good...now not so much.

mdlw07 · January 2010

I have six good friends, but they all live in a different state. I seem to hang out a lot with my SIL and my DH's family. I'd love to meet new mommy friends though! I guess I'm so busy I never think abou it.

BabyMenzel · January 2010

just one (i'm super good friends with SO's mom, but we knew eachother before he and I ever met....we work together....but I can't count her)

all of my pre-mommy days friends decided that their boyfriends were more important than our friendship (some i've known over 5 years)

J+O · January 2010

I recently met some new mommy friends. Including my sisters, I have about 7 girlsfriends I would consider close and feel comfortable going to movie or lunch alone with. One lives right above me, and I'm so glad we've become friends... we have so much in common!

Sometimes you just have to really put yourself out there and make a real effort to make friends. I also met a new mom in my area by meetup.com when I joined a mommy's group.

And out of the 7, three do not have any kids. I usually do girls nights with them or go to lunch and bring DS. They love him to death and sometimes encourage me to bring him along.

*sallymad* · January 2010

0

I have trust issues with women since being stabbed in the back one too many times....

ETA: I should add that I have a few girlfriends, but I always have my wall up and always will.

GracieWK · January 2010

2 good girl friends

1 great internet friend

1 sister

1 sil

AEK&BGT · January 2010

Not one. I have ppl that I chat with through facebook but that's about it. It's pretty pathetic and I actually was thinking about this earlier. I don't know anyone in our town and it's been two years. This is pretty much the only social interaction I have with women/moms.

carolinag · January 2010

this thread depresses me......

Judah'sMommy · January 2010

4 that I would consider really close. But only one lives near me. The rest are in another state. *sigh*

And none of them have kids. I'm sorely lacking in the mommy friends department.

skoorbnibor · January 2010

2 very very close girlfriends, 1 best friend who is a guy and some Mom friends who I continue to get closer to.... some of whom post here!

Of the 2 girlfriends... 1 lives 1000 miles away, the other lives 10 miles away but might as well live 10000000 as she has 4 kids ranging in age from 18 down to 8. She is always going to soccer or gymnastics or something, and rarely has time to get together... She is there if I need her, though!

My best friend is a guy, and I also consider his partner to be my best friends... the two of them and my husband and I spent a lot of time together, but as much as I love them both, they are not the same as a close girlfriend

risysmama · January 2010

4...1 awesome sister that I hang out with at least once a week and chat with everyday, 1 cool single friend that keeps me in touch with life outside of mamahood, 1 soon to be married friend with older kids (4, 10) that is so busy we rarely have time to talk/get together but seem to be able to pick up where ever we left off, and 1 older mama friend that I talk on the phone with at least once a week but haven't seen in years.

Califlorida · January 2010

i haven't had a female BFF since grade school. all my best friends have been guys.

i remember when i got married i thought, thank gawd i have sisters or i wouldn't have had anyone to stand as a bridesmaid.

i don't hang out a lot with my guy bff since i'm doing the mom thing. mostly i just bagder him about getting serious with his gf so they can catch up to dh and i :P

Koala77 · January 2010

3. Two from high school that I live 400 miles away from :-( and one I met where we currently live years ago.

reticent · January 2010

AEK&BGT:
Not one. I have ppl that I chat with through facebook but that's about it. It's pretty pathetic and I actually was thinking about this earlier. I don't know anyone in our town and it's been two years. This is pretty much the only social interaction I have with women/moms.

This pretty much sums up my situation. I've never been really close to a lot of females, and the ones I have been close to, usually turn out to be not the people I should have trusted.

I'm thankful that I have a great sister. Other than my husband, she's the only one I know I can count on no matter what.

I do wish I had other mom friends. Sometimes I feel lonely, like maybe I'm missing out on something, but then I look around and realize I don't really have a lot of the same interests as the women I see. The drama gives me a headache. If it's not the drama, then the religious explanation for every.little.thing is a bit buggy. I wish I didn't live in such a teeny tiny town.

I'm lame. Maybe one day...

preg_amy · January 2010

2.

One of those lives really far away.

It's pretty sad.

eris1995 · January 2010

Brookie-Cookie:
before having kids? a couple (what I thought) were really good...now not so much.

same here. Recetnly I've become really close to a friend from h.s. who has a DD around M's age. My other good friend moved to Florida and is a good 24 hour drive away. Everyone else has seemed to dissapear off the face of this earth.

betsnup · January 2010

I guess I'm pretty lucky, because I have 4 really good friends (I usually refer to them all as my BFFs) that I can count on to be there for me at the drop of a hat (ok, 2 are cousins, but I really do consider them friends, too), plus I have at least 6 other friends that I love hanging out with and consider close friends. Part of this comes from the friends I've made from my relationship with DH - his BFF's wife is one of my close friends and I don't know what I'd do w/o her. I'm pretty lucky in the friends department, I guess - although I just wish I saw them more. I'd also say that I'm pretty lucky because not all of my friends have kids, and I've still been able to maintain great friendships. In fact, one of my BFF is no where near the kid-stage in her life, and we still make an effort to see each other whenever she's in town. Granted, now we are meeting for bagels and coffee instead of apps and drinks, but still.

rynalicia · January 2010

1 sister who I can talk to about anything, but she lives across the country.

2 close girl friends that live about 2 hours away, feel like we have been fading for a while though after I had ds everything with them changed.

1 close mommy friend

a few other mommy friends

IckyThump · January 2010

Hmm...3? I haven't really seen my best friend too often since DS was born - she doesn't have kids and just got married last December. I sort of feel like we're in different places right now. I try to get together with the other two a few times a month.

*NNO* · January 2010

You mean the ones you can tell anything to?

Only one.

goodheartedmommy · January 2010

I have one friend I could tell anything in the world to--I would consider her my closest friend. However, I have a nice group of friends, some are closer than others. All of my friends are recent friendships--since having kids. I chat with some old friends, but it's hard to maintain friendships when you're in totally different places in your life. I have reconnected with 3 of my high school best friends, and that's nice. I can see us just picking up where we left off.

dupe · January 2010

Maybe about 4-5. They all live far...we mostly talk on the phone. When I go back home to visit we try to meet up.

CFO · January 2010

2-3 from HS that I still see several times a year, but talk to weekly/monthly.

2-3 from College that I see pretty often.

fIowerchild · January 2010

I have 6 close girlfriends (one is my SIL).

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