Top relocation tips
Dec 20th 2016, 2:04 am
#61
Turning into a PA gal!
Joined: Feb 2013
Location: State College PA, finally!
Posts: 3,563
Re: Top relocation tips
Congratulations on passing the first stage. Now everything will seem to accelerate until you actually board the plane, at which time you can finally take a deep breath!
Jan 11th 2017, 9:37 pm
#62
Forum Regular
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 111
Re: Top relocation tips
I actually found that being a stay-at-home-mum meant I made more friends than my husband did.
Look for online groups for parents in the area you'll be moving to. I joined one in my small town, and another for southern Maine, and between the two I met lots of people with kids the same age as mine.
I also sent my children to a co-op nursery, which is a bit like a playgroup in the UK. Ours did mornings only and they kept the fees down by having parents volunteer to help during sessions and doing all the admin. I made lots of good friends through that too.
I also found that parents would strike up conversations at the playground, and I made friends that way.
And I made friends through my children's schools, through volunteering at their sports events, girl scouts, all the usual stuff.
Look for online groups for parents in the area you'll be moving to. I joined one in my small town, and another for southern Maine, and between the two I met lots of people with kids the same age as mine.
I also sent my children to a co-op nursery, which is a bit like a playgroup in the UK. Ours did mornings only and they kept the fees down by having parents volunteer to help during sessions and doing all the admin. I made lots of good friends through that too.
I also found that parents would strike up conversations at the playground, and I made friends that way.
And I made friends through my children's schools, through volunteering at their sports events, girl scouts, all the usual stuff.
