to ask you to join me in my quest to make new friends in my forties?

[MotherofGorgons]

I have been working from home for many years, dealing with DH working away for a bit, juggling teenagers, looking after a widowed parent, all the normal stuff of life. I woke up the other day and realised I have very few friends, and I miss them. All my uni friends have moved away, and now that the children are older, it's hard to make mom friends. Plus the dreaded forties, where everybody is so busy they have no time for a coffee. I think many of you are in the same situation, judging from threads. I realised that this is not going to change unless I make a real effort. Any of you want to join me?

Could have written this myself. Funny how life sneaks up on you with these sort of realisations. Good luck.

I hear you. I need to do this too and am thinking about joining meet up groups to meet new people.

I emigrated in August. DH too, but no DC. Meetup has been a huge bonus for me.

Things that have worked for me:
Book clubs, though some have fizzled out because everyone's just too busy
Hobby clubs
Things that haven't at all:
Yoga: nobody seems to want to chat
Meetups: just too terrifying and too many people

Realised that years of working from home has made my social skills atrophy. This week I bit the bullet and asked an acquaintance if she wanted to watch Bohemian Rhapsody with me. Felt rather a fool, but she said yes and we had a great time. Going to try this more often.