I use my son to make friends....

There I said it...I use my son to make friends.

Lets talk about seasons of friends.

High School-I had greats friends..lots of them...I still talk to them today.  It was easy to make them and long lasting.

College-Easy to make friends, but they just didn't seem to last long.  I don't keep in touch with them now.  I always had people to hang out with and go to lunch with and shop with.

Adults-coworkers-I never had much success making good friends with co-workers...we talked at work but that was about it.  I just didn't want to see them outside of work because they just reminded me of work.  I just never ever clicked with anyone.

Friends of spouse (or significant other)-easy to make friends with because you kind of have to.  But, I have had a lot of success with this because we seem to like each other.  This is important and makes your life way less stressful.

Now for the grand finale-making friends with other moms.  This is wonderful and fairly easy.  IMO-the reason it is easy is because when I invite them places they say yes because they want to do stuff with their kids outside of the house.  We have something to talk about (our kids) and we want to hear about that stuff. 

So recently I have made some new friends.  It is so refreshing!  Thank goodness.  I feel a little guilty using my son, but I will feel better about that during his teenage years.