How easy have you found it to make and sustain friendships through your kids? I moved to England for work reasons and have made some good friends through my profession. Then I became a SAHM so obviously had no day time mates as they were all at work.
Now DS1 is 4 and I only have one (lovely) friend that I meet during the daytime with kids. I do all the normal stuff - playgroups etc but find that the conversations are brief snatches of shallow stuff about kids before you wizz off to grab your child who is about to bop someone else's child over the head.
I did make another friend a few years ago but we fell out over her rather unusual parenting techniques which were making me rather uncomfortable. I also had a 'date' with a mum off 'the other place' who had a lovely boy but my son was utterly vile that day and I haven't heard from her since (understandably).
I'd love to have a big circle of mates to meet up with (like I did back home) but it just hasn't happened and I feel quite lonely and isolated.
I think not being English and being loud and opinionated with a loud and opinionated son has not helped either but surely to God not all English women are delicate little flowers, are you?
Hell, I've tried everything to make more friends (coffee mornings at my house etc) but got very little back. Maybe I should just give up and retire into splendid isolation? I used to have plenty of friends when I was younger. What happened?
Should I act more reserved and English? Should I convert from coffee to tea? Tell me!!!