Gah! I get so cross with myself. I haven't been to baby groups for a long time as I am back at work 3 days and the 2 days I am off we just like to potter. But been feeling a bit lonely so thought I would go to one today, never been before, it's at a church.
Anyway, it was full of people who all obviously knew each other, and despite me hanging around on my own for about an hour none of them made the effort to talk to me. I didn't just want to but it, though I did try and talk to them when they were noting the names that were all really similar "yours is an XXXX? Oh, mine's YYYY." Blank look. I eventually chatted very briefly to a couple of mothers, on my instigation. But no-one made the effort to talk to me despite clearly looking like I needed rescuing.
The thing is I am normally a very out going confident person, however I was bullied at school and these groups just make me feel like the square girl on the edge, trying to hang around with the cool kids. I just wanted to cry to be honest. What an idiot! And the worst thing is it makes me really "restrained" around my dd, I don't do any silly noises, or playing with her, just sort of follow her around going "oooh look DD, a doggy. Oh it's a baby". The thing is despite being on the surface confident and outgoing, becoming a mother has really knocked it out of me and I feel like I've lost my self confidence.
Help me feel better! How can I do better at these things? I must look like a complete lemon. This so isn't me!
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
AIBU?
to think that a normally confident, professional, well-educated woman shouldn't turn into a little-girl-lost at baby groups?
69 replies
Bumperlicious · 12/09/2008 13:34
OP posts:
StormInanEcup ·
12/09/2008 13:42
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.