Desperate to find a quilter that lives near me.
08-24-2011, 05:25 PM
#12
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southern GA or NE Florida
Posts: 749
I wish U lived near me. We could do lunch once a week and sew everyday. Sounds great to me !!! Before I joined the guild, I had nothing in common with the people that live around me. I too don't go to bars. Bonnie
08-24-2011, 05:33 PM
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: ohio
Posts: 941
Originally Posted by sarahconner
I wish U lived near me. We could do lunch once a week and sew everyday. Sounds great to me !!! Before I joined the guild, I had nothing in common with the people that live around me. I too don't go to bars. Bonnie
08-24-2011, 05:55 PM
#16
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Salem, Oregon
Posts: 2,438
I am so sorry to hear that. If we lived closer we could be friends. Since you have children have you checked out MOPs groups (mothers of preschoolers)? What about the local library do they have children's story hour? You might be able to meet other moms who are your age and don't party.
08-24-2011, 06:00 PM
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 837
I understand. I too do not drink. Many times I've given in and been the designated driver just so they shut up. Stick to your guns. Have you considered the PTA at your kids school for contacts? Google quilt stores in your area. If they are close enough, go visit and ask if they have a general sewing time where the ladies just bring what they are working on and come in and sew. Be sure and tell them that you are new to the area and don't know where to begin. A good shop owner will point you in the direction of those who can help you. I'm getting ready to make the move after 16 years of being in the same place. I'm moving 50 miles away to a BIG city. I know the area, but I won't know anyone besides my kids and grandkids. They have their own lives and I don't want to interfer. (sp) You will be welcomed on here any time you get on. Please don't give up, or give in. We'll all be your best buddies. Welcome from western Ohio soon to be Columbus, Ohio. Cheryl
08-24-2011, 06:22 PM
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Posts: 592
Oh dear, I know just how you feel. I've had the same experience of moving to a new place and having difficulty 'connecting.' Check to see if there is a welcome wagon organization in your area, if so there may be a a "newcomer's club' that you could go to. Also, MOPS as somebody else mentioned, I also made some friends by volunteering in my kids school one day a week. But the best and closest of my friends all are from church. I hope you find somebody soon, but you can always come to this board for lots of support and encouragement!
08-24-2011, 06:43 PM
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Rural Small Town Ontario
Posts: 1,474
One of the best pieces of advice I ever was received, was when you are trying to find your place in a new town, join three organizations. Different types. Such as quilting guild, church, baseball/bowling/curling/badminton/whatever, Parent/Teacher group, filling/serving at food banks, service groups like Rotary or Kiwanas, whatever suits your fancy!
The key is to find different groups that would have different people.
Good luck :)
The key is to find different groups that would have different people.
Good luck :)
08-24-2011, 06:43 PM
#20
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Enid, OK
Posts: 8,273
Originally Posted by BrandyMcCoy
I live in NewBaltimore Mi. I am 32 years old and do not have a single person besides my sisters and my mom, that I could consider a great friend. I do not have anything in common with the woman around here at all....NOTHING....I'm a stay at home mom with four kids...my idea of fun is sitting at home and quilting of corse...or going to the fabric store.lol. the other women around here like to go bar hopping and I do not. They have invited me and insist I must go, and that I'm crazy to be the age I am and not want to go out to the bar. These are the woman my age around here. So as for the older women who I might have something in common with, they take one look at me and I look alot younger than I am, and think I'm a teen mom or something, and don't wish to talk to me. I've been dealing with this for as long as I can without getting depressed,but now it's really getting to me.
sorry I don't live up in MI any more...
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