Hey Mamas 🌷

I am new here and when going through the group section my heart made a little jump reading 'socially awkward moms'! Almost like a relief, pfehh.....I am not the only one. It seems throughout the years of distancing myself more and more from things, it feels like it's getting even worse. It makes sense. I wonder how you all feel about school gatherings? I love the idea of them, but I secretly sooo hate them at the same time. It is almost torture, standing there in between all these people chit-chatting, hugging hello, talking about their kids and their sports and their jobs and their things, feeling so completely, utterly alien and alone. Does anyone recognize that feeling?

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Yes!

Same. I am great with people, especially those I don’t know, but when it comes to people I want to be friends with…it’s like my brain shuts down.

It is so weird how that works, I recognize that, at work I can be very social with customers, but anything to do with me personally like my kids school, I completely shut down. Thanks for sharing 🌷

Absolutely!

what you wrote, describes the way I feel most times when I find myself standing in between new people or even around people I have known for quite a while.. I am very well aware that I am an old soul, but it gets harder to connect and not be miserable at conversations😂 I truly believe that there are genuinely kind people who look past that… and even though my LO is an infant at this time but I find myself dreading the before, after and related school events 😅

I had dreams that I would become friends with my kids friends moms. My son graduated in June and my daughter is in 8th grade. I am friends with just one and not close friends. 😩

true 💯💯💯

I hate small talk… talking about superficial shit is soooooo draining! I can be the life of the party with those in comfortable with

Yes. My whole life I've always found it difficult to fit in and because I'm not loud and out there I often get judged and they misunderstand it as maybe being rude or not interested and when someone finally does take the time to talk to me, I stutter or say something stupid 🥺

@Barbara Laura Maestroni story of my life 🙄

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