Friends for my husband

[SarahShamsa]

Hi,

Hope I am allowed to post here? I am a mum, not 'dad' but I wanted to reach out to other dads here. My husband and I moved to the UK, with our two young children (not yet school age), at the beginning of the pandemic. He has a demanding job and therefore works non-stop throughout the week. His weekends are generally free and he spends time with myself and the kids. He is a social guy and loves hanging out with other guys.
He knows nobody in the UK (we are in London). He has very little time for hobbies and this pandemic has made things harder to do anything or go anywhere to meet anyone.
If you were him, how would you try to meet other dads and befriend them? I don't like seeing him down about this and would love to see him build his own social circle.

Thank you.

Hi, by the sounds of it the opportunities are going to come through his work. Obviously not so easy under the Tier 2/3 restrictions as social settings have been seriously reduced. It depends how social-natured he feels like being. Meanwhile it’s an ideal time for him to spend quality time with you and your children.

Does he like sports ? If so, joining a local club or team can be a great way of socialising.

I'm in about a dozen WhatsApp groups for dads and they were lively for the first couple weeks/months but now all but one of them is now dead, (And the only one that is still lively is actually run by a woman lol)

It's actually weird because I'm in other groups with some of the dads for example my old local rugby team and we will chat about dad stuff in the rugby chat even though there's non dads there but then we'll be mute in the actual dad chat.

If he's really interested in parenting and is a 'proper dad' type then I'd strongly recommend he looks into mentoring/volunteering in your local area. Scouts is a good place to start and there's likely to be some other 'proper dads' around there too lol.