I moved to a new neighbourhood 18 months ago, don’t know anyone. Just for context I’m a quiet but polite and will talk but not “in your face” type person who is fully aware of boundaries (just for context!).
I worked temporarily in a job for 10 months when I moved to the area and met a lovely woman who upon finding out where I lived mentioned her friend lives there and over the course of the job she mentioned her friend said we should swap numbers as we live close by. I agreed and messaged her friend a few days later and introduced myself. No response! I left it and honestly I forgot about her and the message till 2 weeks later when she messaged and said sorry she was busy, I fully understood and replied back I understand.
She fired lots of questions at me which I replied back, she ended the message with we have lots in common and our kids are same age and would be lovely to meet up. I agreed and told her the days I’m free to meet and she said she will get back to me. Never did! 3 months later knocked on my door for trick or treat in October.
I left it as I felt she’s not really looking to make friends even though my work friend told me “she’s very lonely, she finds the neighbours really cold and unfriendly, would be nice if you guys got along”. The thing is I’m all alone here as DH works abroad so would be nice just to have someone to say friendly morning to or kids to wave so each other.
I decided I’ll try one more time and as we’re both off next week and so are the kids (half term) I asked her if they want to come over for a playdate on “x day”, she read it straight away but no response. I know replies in here will be in her defence but seriously how rude not to reply. And she’s the type who is always posting updates on everything in her status and everytime I’ve seen her she’s glued to her phone.