Re: Easier for couples with kids to meet folks then childless?
 

and that's generally why people with children tend to want to spend time with other people with children. They get the fact that you can't just take off at the last minute to head out for dinner or drinks unless the kids come to, which is often not enjoyable for people without kids (or indeed those with them). So, yes I would say that since I have had kids, most of the people we have met has been through them, either at school or via their sporting activities. Before that it was through my own sporting activities, work or clubs that I joined. The last child will be at Uni in September, so I am going to have to go back to the no kid way of meeting people again. There is always the dog.

Re: Easier for couples with kids to meet folks then childless?
 

One thing I wonder is if childless couples feel left out. So often they are not included or invited to child couples events. We've been guilty of that. I always think our childless couple friends will be bored stiff, but maybe not.

Re: Easier for couples with kids to meet folks then childless?
 

Yup. sometimes. It can and has felt like a special club .
Also, if you do get invited people often get edgy that the kids are somehow getting on your nerves as though you don't like children for some reason.

We didn't have kids. It doesn't mean we didn't want to . The best neighbours we have at the moment have very young children and what a boost to our lives they are. Bring a lot of joy just by being next door.

Re: Easier for couples with kids to meet folks then childless?
 

Of course it's even worse when your friends are couples regardless of whether there are kids. :nod:

Re: Easier for couples with kids to meet folks then childless?
 

Bored stiff when all parents can talk about is their children. thankfully not all are like that and have other interests and conversation. You're more likely to be excluded as a singleton than as a barren old bat.

I have heard parents grumble that they don't get to chose their friends, that they end up stuck with the parents of their kids' friends whether they like them much or not.

Re: Easier for couples with kids to meet folks then childless?
 

Fair comment.

I'm fairly choosy, but there is some truth to it.

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Sometimes. We generally don't get invited to those type of events. The boringness all depends on what is talked about by parents.....

Re: Easier for couples with kids to meet folks then childless?
 

Baby sitting service?
You get to met lots of people
Get cash for watching DVD's and eating Pizza