Am I a freak mother?

[AnyDream]

Good luck with this, I have never had much luck making friends with other mummies in the school yard...maybe I'm a scary looking mumma, maybe I don't dress like all the other mummies, but anyhow, keep broadcasting your intent to find good friends, and eventually you will stumble across each other, somehow!

[~breeze~]

I do this aswell. A small group of the mums from my daughters class are friendly to me but I wouldnt say we're "friends"

I actually really feel like the odd one out with the other parents, I'm always standing on my own but if I get the courage to stand in their group while we wait for the kids to come out I stand there out of the conversation which is really enbarrassing & depressing. I've actually started doing the "kiss & ride" so I dont have to get out of the car at all

Good luck, from what I've seen with the other parents at the school who get along, it looks like some people can find great friendships through meeting other parents at their childs school. Hopefully you'll be one of them

There's still hope for me, I havent entirely given up, I'll start trying to mingle again sometime in the future

[Cassius2]

just today i accosted the mumma of DDs bestie at creche and scored a phone number LOL! she also looked really happy and we are organising a playdate for all the kids to get together!

so, i guess some may think it's crazy but i reckon it's worth a shot lol!

[widdly]

I dont search for friends, but I do take note of who DS really gets along well with, then strike up conversation with the mum. This has worked once so far, DS and another little boy stripped naked at the local play cafe, well...that got us mothers talking LOL Since then we have swapped numbers, and they came to DS birthday party last weekend, we regularly meet up at the playcafe too. I am really hoping that this will keep happening now that DS is starting kindy

[Miss H]

I wish people carried around signs saying whether they are open to friendship or looking for friends for their kids. It would be so much easier than trying to stick your head into a conversation. Urgh!!! I hate trying to make friends! Quite like having them though. LOL!