I think meeting new people and making friends is like exercise. The more you do it, the better you get at it, but it’s really hard when you’re first starting out, sometimes it hurts, most of the time it’s uncomfortable, but sometimes it is fabulous and completely invigorating.

I force myself to meet new people, I also force myself to exercise, because both things are good for me and make me feel better in the long-run. I make chit-chat, learn their name, ask lots of questions, smile, make eye contact, etc,etc,etc. I have plenty of opportunities to do this, I go to a mothers group which is run out of the hospital where DS2 was born, it’s constantly evolving and rotating, there are always new people there. I also go to meet-ups, BB, or other internet based groups. It’s is always nerve wracking (especially if you are the first one there) and often awkward and uncomfortable... but you gotta start somewhere and you never know where it’s going to take you.