June Has Been All About…
June 30, 2011 | Filed under Family & Friends
…friendship. I reflected back in 2009 that I felt the lack of close female friendship. And in recent months, I’ve been feeling it more than ever. I’ve been keeping my days and nights busy catching up with friends. But it’s an effort. I have to actively make plans with people, rather than having the type of friends who just come over uninvited.
When Rebecca Sparrow wrote this article about adult friendships on Mamamia, one of my favourite community based websites, it really spoke to me, and clearly, to all the commenters. There is a whole group of women out there who have outgrown and moved on from childhood and school friendships, and who are going through their adult lives lacking connection with others. Women who are so busy with their day to day lives of work, family, and home life that they simply don’t have time to take up a hobby, or join a sports team, or go outside of their comfort zone to meet potential new friends.
Seeing an opportunity for developing new friendships, I arranged the first Mamamia Melbourne Meetup for this coming Sunday afternoon. There’ll be just over half a dozen of us meeting for a few drinks and a chat at a restaurant/bar in the city. All we know of each other are occasional comments on Mamamia. We’ll be going to this event with no preconceptions of who the others really are – all we know are that we are all women who are daring enough to step out of the norm and to put themselves out there in the friendship game. I can’t wait.
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This makes me happy for you. :D
Noellium on June 30, 2011 #
When I became a parent and starting connecting with other mums online, one of the recurring topics of conversation was the lack of “villages” like we used to know; where mums could get support from a neighbour, lean over the fence for a chat, everyone on the street knew each other etc. It hit me like a brick and really resonated with me (all of my friends live miles away), and I wish I’d made some effort to change it before I had Isabel.
So yeah.. find your village before you need them, not after :)
Jem on July 1, 2011 #