I knew moving was going to be hard. Living with family is never easy. Learning a new area can be difficult. Using GPS to get everywhere is a little annoying. And as I stated in earlier posts I’ve been on the hunt for new friends for Kaylee so she can get out and play.
Last year around this time, I met my friend Mandy. She has a daughter who is a year older than Kaylee and amazingly enough is a geek. It was amazing to be able to sit with another mom and talk about Firefly, BSG and gaming. We were even able to set up a weekly gaming session! We let our kiddo’s run around and play while we played ourselves. It was fun for them and even more fun for us.
I knew that when we moved it was not going to be easy to find another mom like her. I almost wish there was a special site I could go to search for friends that I have stuff in common with. I met my husband on Match and wouldn’t mind using something like that to help find some friends here.
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against other moms that are non geeks. I have lots of non geek friends! But when Kaylee makes a friend that means that I’ll be around that child’s mom a lot, I would prefer that we had something to talk about other than the weather and what it’s like living in different areas. I’d love someone to have game nights with in this area (once we get our own place) and someone to talk to about my favorite books and science fiction/fantasy television shows. I want a friend that I can lend BSG to who will enjoy it and I want this friend to also have a kid around my daughter’s age.
Yeah, I know I’m asking a lot. It’s a tall order to fill. Luckily my friend Mandy is only 2 hours away (she fits all that criteria, lol), but we certainly can’t get together every week. And she’ll be moving here in a few years. But wouldn’t it be cool if when she moved here I had created a nice little circle of moms all our own that will never look down on us or think we’re weird just because we’d rather talk about Star Trek than where we got our hair cut.
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I'd love it if there was a circle of geek moms to have playdates with when I move to Charlotte! I still haven't joined Charlotte Geeks (which I should) but you might want to try there.
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