Its amazing what being pregnant and having kids can do for your social life. It seems like once you are a mother you are in a whole new "club." Not to mention it can bring you back together with old friends and also introduce you to new friends, just because you now both have kids.
When I was in high school I had a freind named Sarah. We hung out a lot during my sophomore ( her frosh) and my junior year and then when I became a senior we just kind of drifted apart and went our own ways. We reconnected when Alex was about 2 and a few months later when I got pregnant with Zach she found out she was also pregnant. We spent a lot of time together while pregnant, which was always fun and interesting to see the looks we would get. ( Did I forget to mention we look A LOT a like) I had Zach on January 17, 2008 and ninetenn days later on Feburary 5 she gave birth to Elianna. Needless to see we spend a lot of weekends together with our kids. And if we hadn't had them so close together who knows where our friendship would be.The kids really helped us reconnect and gave us just one more thing we have in common, besides are good looks. :)
Another example of this mother club introducing you to people is my friend Jen. We went to high school togther as well but I don't think we ever had a class together or even spoke a word to each other in high school. A couple years ago some of us decided to get together for a playdate and Jen was there. We started talking and realized that we only live about 10 minutes from each other, if that.We get along really well, the kids get along really well, and at times I wonder why we never hung out in high school. But I also know that if we weren't both moms we never would have crossed paths and began this freindship.
For those of you with kids you probably understand what I am talking about when I say there is a moms club. For those of you who are pregnant, once you have your little one you will understand. Life will be full of playdates, zoo trips, doctor appointments, splash pad trips etc... and you will find that suddenly you are talking to new people, or people you have known but never really had anything in common with until now. Its amazing what kids can do for your social life. Many people say having kids ruin your social life but I like to think they just change it up a bit. Instead of talking to people at a bar over a beer, you now are having conversations atthe park over some juice boxes.
i like juice boxes! You're right though - it doesn't kill your social life, things just get slightly 're-adjusted', to put it positively - and quite frankly, I've never drank as much as I do now, and that's thanks to our playdates on the weekends, so no complaints here!
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