**Reconnecting 2015**

[knightofswords]

Hello this is the thread inspired by the recent NY making friends thread, for anyone who feels a lack of RL friendships for whatever reason, and wants to do something about it.

My personal aim for joining this thread would be to end the year with a few more genuine friendships, even if they just stay online. So if any of us needs support or encouragement or a shoulder to cry on or just a virtual , we know where to come.

Here's to a great year.

Are there any south Wales folk on here?

Just bumping for any new members!

Bumping for new members

Hi ladies
I live in the south east
Don't have Any friends struggled at school only had a few friends and was bullied
Suffer from anxiety mainly in social situations
I am 34 work at weekend
Have 2 dds aged 6 and 9
2 cats and 2 guinea pigs
Luv watching most soaps

Is it too late to join? I'd very much like to make more friends. And hoping that last sentence didn't make me sound desperate.

Bumpity bump

Joining in! I've recently realised I am losing a friend for which reason, I have no clue. It's all turned very passive aggressive and our husbands see each other still but it looks like I need more than just one friend.

I don't even know how to make one. :)

Oh, and I have 2 dc, one h (with whom I am trying to rekindle some sort of flame).

Bumping for any newbies

Textfan Have you joined the mn social fb group? they are a lovely bunch of people and some may live in or around your area. There are people from all over the uk in the group.

Hi, happy new year. This sounds like a really good idea. Can I join too please ? I sometimes post on the dating thread, but as I have given up men and am waiting for my convent place to become available, it would be nice to chat before I take my vow of silence! Ha ha. Not really, of course, but I definitely have had enough of the on line dating scene. I do feel very lonely. Not really for a man, but just for some intelligent, witty conversation. I love a good laugh, but I just don't get to laugh enough. I have 3 children,and am going through an amicable divorce and selling/buying a house. It's hard to socialise when you are on your own with children . You do often feel like everyone else has their own lives and they haven't got time for you and it's hard actually getting any time away from your children in order to socialise. Both my parents are dead and my 2 sisters are bloody weird , so I don't see them. So, apart from a very elderly aunt, I don't have any family.
Sorry, I'm feeling very sorry for myself this evening.

Hi textfan and Doughnut. The fb group is called MN Social. Let us know if you can't find it.

I'd like to join too please if that's ok (o:

The more the merrier, waltzing!

Hello could i join please?
I have a two week old daughter so on mat leave at the moment.
Ive realised that without work i have a rather lacking social life :( itd be great to have some friends to chat to about anything and everything

I'd like to join you all too, please. I moved from a big city to a small town a couple of years ago, and though I've met lots of nice people, I don't really have friend-friends yet. I've joined lots of groups and everyone is very nice, but the people I meet there haven't yet got beyond acquaintance stage! So I spend evenings and weekends largely on my own.

I'm one of those weirdo non-mum mumsnetters (!), so I don't meet people through schools/mum and toddler groups or whatever. And I'm single, so that's another strike against me! Not quite sure how I've ended up this way, but I'd like to do something about it

Is it too late to join? I'm also in this position. DH and I moved away from family and friends 6 years ago and we've failed to establish many meaningful friends or life here. I feel quite trapped. Moving is not an option because of children being established in schools. But their schools aren't exactly where I would have chosen for them to go to school if I had a choice and I haven't made any friends through their school.

I live in a town where there aren't many incomers. Most people have never lived anywhere else or they've moved back here after leaving for a bit. I think there are other people out there like us but they are harder to find and so far, none of the activities I have tried have put me in touch with those people. To make things worse, my job is isolating. In most work places my job would be a sociable job that yields new connections and friendships but the set up I have is akin to working alone from home. It's far from ideal but I'm in a dying profession so can't find a different job.

We do have a few couple friends to socialise with, through DH's job, but I'd like some friends to go out with on my own so will keep trying to meet people. Recently I've lost motivation and would like to know what things people have done that have resulted in them meeting like-minded people. Do I need to join the FB group?

Is this thread still active? I'd like to join too if poss, I'm hugely lonely (SAHM so no work friend opportunities)

I found the FB age and sent a request

page

Me too

Oh, I'd love to find new friends. How do I find the FB page?