In my experience, it is super difficult to make new friends after 30. Then, I unexpectedly connected with another young mom, and I realized that my life wasn't over and I could still treat myself like someone pretty and special.
My mother tells me it happens when you wait at the school bus stop with your child. There, I will find a smattering of mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and the like. At the bus stop, people talk, she says. They joke and speak to you about things you’ve only been discussing with yourself in your own head. But my son is just 2 years old; we’ve got awhile before he takes the bus.
This was my first time at the rodeo…farm. For the first year of my son’s life, I was either alone or with family, so I was nervous to speak to a sociable veteran of the mom group. But in those few seconds between providing sippy cups and Goldfish to our kids, we managed to have a legitimate conversation. It turned out that we had a lot in common. Despite her mom group expertise and my natural introversion, we got along quite well.
It’s almost like dating, but without the awkward moment of the potential kiss at the end. But I do wonder if I should hug her. I don’t think she’s a hugger, so I’ve pretended as if I am also not a hugger. I do think hugs will be in order soon, but I don’t want to scare her. This is very much like dating.
In Sephora after our heavy lunch conversation, we browsed the aisles of cucumber moisturizer, rose-tinted lip balm, and egg-shaped sponges. I have never been a makeup person, but after losing pregnancy weight, breast pumping, and strengthening my arms by holding my newborn, I felt an urge to be pretty. But when I saw the very beautiful and perfectly made-up women who worked there, I wondered if I’d missed the class on femininity.
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