in thinking I am a bit of a Billy no mates?

[micegg]

Am I the only person maternity leave or a SAHM who doesn't have many (or any ) 'mummy' friends? Now that I have 2 DCs I find it really hard to hold a converstaion with anyone for more than 2 minutes before having to break off to see to one or both DCs. I go to the same playgroups regularly so I am on 'hello' terms but not really friends with anyone. I made friends with DD (alot easier to sit and chat with only one whilst she was very young) but they have all moved away. I don't think its me as I am not particularly shy and I am quite chatty. Its just really hard to break the ice. Just want to know if anyone has this experience as well. Or maybe I need to change my deodarant

I was just going to suggest going on the playgroup committee but ipanema girl beat me to it!

I felt a bit like that, I was on maternity leave after most of the people I met early on had gone back to work. Also, I had some issues early on and found it hard to then overcome the fact that the first times people met me I was probably in tears, especially if the issue of feeding came up.

It's also hard when you go back, I'm now understanding all too well why people took weeks to respond to emails once they'd gone back even part time. And I've gone back full time. Evenings and weekends just disappear so quickly.