Patheticness

When we first moved here, I could just tell myself that I’m new to the area, and of course I don’t know anyone yet. Now it’s been almost three months, and it’s getting a bit pathetic that I still don’t have any friends at all. I thought for sure I would at least know a few people by now.

I first thought we would get to know the neighbors. The problem with that is that I think the youngest person in our neighborhood is about 60. They’re all really nice, but still. Ok, so much for the "meet the neighbors" idea.

Then I thought we would find a church to go to, and meet some people there. Except with hubby working nights, we haven’t been able to go to church. I suppose I could go by myself, but I really wanted that to be something hubby and I did together. Besides, what if I find a church I like, and then it turns out hubby doesn’t like it at all, so then I would either have to keep going by myself, or start all over again. So the church thing hasn’t happened.

Then I thought we would meet some people through our childbirth class. The first class, we really hit it off with one of the other couples. But it turns out they live over 2 hours away and are just coming into the city for the class. I don’t need more long distance friends!

So I’m at a loss. I’ve never had to try to make friends before. The only other time when I had to start completely new somewhere without knowing anyone was college, and it’s different then, because everyone is trying to make friends, and they have mixers and stuff. But when you’re 26 and pregnant, how do you look for friends? It just feels so pathetic.