Name change for this one as it's a bit embarrassing.
I want a new friendship circle and I have no idea how to make new friends. I only had a very small handful of friends that I mainly just went out drinking with pre-children. They are all pretty much still doing that and we have nothing in common any more.
The 12 years ago I had my eldest, I made, through baby groups and prental classes, a lovely bunch of friends who I love dearly. In the early child-rearing years, we were all out doing things together and I had a full and active life doing all sorts of things wit the kid, always someone to go out with and talk to.
Now the kids are older, everyone seems to have slowed down but become more busy at the same time. Noone needs to meet up so the kids can play anymore, they all have their own school friends. I struggle to get people together just for a coffee. My friend whatsapp group has a message every couple of weeks and we try and get a date together but everyone's always too busy or cancels last minute. The only adults I see are DH and his friends.
I work from home, alone. Noone talks on the school run. Everyone at the church I sometimes attend are all really old.
So I need to make new friends that I can actually see, and it seems harder to do this without having young kids to use 😂How can I make new ones, because I don't know how.
Thank you