LMAO!! This is so funny because it is so true! I totally am the Mom who always has to be organizing things and I can NOT stand to wait for others to approach me. SO, I am all "Hi, blahblah blah ( some stupid ass excuse to talk to you)" Then I feel you out for what makes you tick and I find common ground. Voila...new BFF and she doesn't even know it yet! Problem is, I always liken it to freshman year in college when you cast a friend net in desperation and then you end up with a shitload of throwbacks. But there's always at least one who will fit the bill, for now at least!If you are lucky, eventually, a Playdate Mom will parlay into a real BFF! But if not check this out...http://motherhoodthetruth.blogspot.com/2009/05/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do.html! Happy Mothering!

This is absolutely hilarious - and made even funnier by how dead-on it is. Since I had kids, I've made plenty of mom friends, but it's always been through other friends. But why is it so darn hard to "pick up" other moms? Maybe we need "mom" mixers or an online dating site - Match.mom perhaps? Great post, Naomi!

I feel like this in real life....um, always. I don't know how people are making friends! Especially on the devil: Twitter. How are people building relationships there? I just always come off looking like a creepy stalker woman who is blurting inappropriate words. It's horrible. I had to shut Twitter down today in shame of what I'd Tweeted. The worst part is a year ago I would have thought half the words in that sentence were fake. So, can you move to Chicago now please so we can be bffffs?

Big P.S> : This is so fabulous, why haven't you shopped it around to a magazine??? It is so cool. I;ve read a lot of your other posts, but this one , I feel, is serious business. I can actually see it in a Parents issue. It's like that. No fooling around.

Love seeing your sense of humor with these posts. This one is priceless...if anyone ever tells you they've NEVER thought these exact same thoughts, they are lying, sister! This is a fabulous piece, absolutely priceless. Love to see the hidden sense of humor...I don't know if you realize how very funny you are. Great reading, thank you. Love starting out my morning with these funny thoughts to carry me through the laundry, grocery shopping and the rest of my glamorous life :)

This is hilarious... it's so true. We don't have a whole lot of friends with babes (locally) either. One of the first things we realized was how different a person you become as soon as the little babe is put in your arms... no one can fully understand who isn't a parent. I've been lucky enough, as well, to meet a lot of great Mom-friends via my blog - it's awesome! Thanks for checking out MOmMy bRaIn and commenting, much appreciated! Jen :)

This is hilarious, Naomi! I love stalking your blog, so I hope that this counts as me wanting to someday give you a rhinestone bracelet...LOL! Love it!

I can't believe I'm best friends with my girl Joanne because I A) Stalked her at the playground B) Asked to hold her baby five minutes after meeting her. It's amazing that she didn't call the authorities.

That is so hilarious, and I completely identify!! The other day I started talking to a mommy with a little girl same age as mine at Safeway. I actually asked her for her PHONE NUMBER. My heart was pounding and I felt like a TOTAL loser...but she said yes and maybe we'll become friends? It's so funny, as women we want to be connected to other women, because let's face it guys sometimes just DON'T GET IT and we can't really expect them to. Thank God for friends!

You are hilarious (and a little bit scary). Just kidding! Loved it!

I'm a friend whore too. Mommy and me groups weren't really for my son...they were for ME :)

Awesome post, Naomi!! So true-

Naomi, this is hilarious! If we lived in the same city, I would totally be your friend! I like "I promise not to act like Stranger Danger with your kid anymore unless you say so" - LMAO!

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So true!!!!! OMG! I was a total mommy stalker when I had my first daughter. I once picked up another mom on the bus. It's such a mad new world...

Sooo funny, but so true... even though I am in England I will your pen BFF Pal

lol. I wish you lived in Austin! You always seem to make me laugh and brighten my day. I know exactly what you mean when you want to make friends with someone but just don't know how to approach them. Ah I miss the days when making friends was easy. Looks like your words really hit home with lotsa mamas. Good job! If you're ever heading to Austin, let me know!

Were we separated at birth? http://www.unknownmami.com/2009/09/cruisin-for-mommies.html

I am soooooo BFFing and stalking all of you now (cyber or otherwise). You will be receiving matching diaper bags and bracelets in the mail soon. And Rosemary, I love you too, SO MUCH, like sooooooo so very much, but can I be the wife?

I am sooo laughing my butt off right now, and that doesn't help cause I'm still suffering from this nagging respiratory infection. I fell off the chair to be exact to this particular line: "I'm having a very tasteful placenta burial ceremony today with just a few close friends and family. Would you like to join us?" I swear to God I was one of those desperate moms of twins who drooled at the sight of any other mom with kids my age who "play with us". I so wish I had found you then cause I would have happily brought a fresh bouquet of flowers to that burial, LOL!

If BFF mommies are like boyfriends then you are for sure my husband! By the way, where's my matching BFF rhinestone bracelet! LOL. Thanks for the very funny stories, what an amazing life you live

I've never thought of making mommy friends as being difficult. Maybe I'm naive and a bit too bold cause I'll just walk up to other moms and start jabbering away. Usually we end up talking a long time, exchanging numbers and sometimes getting together, or at least enjoying a conversation every time we bump into each other by the swing set. But I have often wondered why so many moms are standing alone being quiet when I just know (assume) they would really rather be visiting. Thank you for clearing up the mystery because I truly didn't understand. Sharing this I'm risking looking not very smart ;) If we were still in Texas we'd love to spend more time with you and your boys. We could make lots of messes and solve all the worlds problems from the kitchen table :).

Hi there Just returning the visit and guess what I love your blog too! I also love the line "Hey, I noticed that you are still wearing maternity pants even though your baby is already at least six months old. Me too!! Wanna hang out?" I am sooo struggling with my post baby (no.2) jelly belly! D'ya wanna cyber hang out? Treasa x www.irish-mammy.blogspot.com

This made me laugh a lot! None of my close friends had a baby the same time as me and I too desperately needed someone to share my baby talk with. It turns out that the Mummy friends I've made have now become some of my closest friends ever. My virtual mummy friends are way up there too!

I love you all! BFF bracelets for everyone.

Naomi, I would definately be your friend if you lived near me, and the bff wouldn't be necessary! LOL! So funny!

This was so funny and I totally relate to this post. I never found myself needing to make friends before I had a baby. They were just kind of part of the package of school or work. But actually having to figure out how to make a friendship out of thin air? Well, I have no idea how to do that. And your, right, when you have kids you do really want people around you who can relate.

Hi there, found your blog via Judith's Room link so I guess I'm stalking you! This is v funny and v true! I'm more excited about maybe making new friends when my son goes to nursery school next year than I am about him going there.

I can totally relate. When I had Hayden, I had ZERO mom friends. Not a one. After having him, I was desperate. I found my first at the Library during 'Baby Bookworms' (a baby story-time). I found my second one at a 4th of July party. She was there with her daughter (I was there WITHOUT my son). She looked cool. Her daughter was about the same age as my son. I found out her name through a mutual friend and then I found her on Facebook and "friended her" on Facebook (asking her to be my friend and saying that I had a son and that we should get together for a playdate). Looking back, that definitely seems weird. I am surprised she even responded to me, let alone come over to my house for a playdate the following week. But we have been good friends since. So now I am up to 2 mom friends. Pretty lame. But I suppose 2 is better than none!

this is just too funny!!! thanks for making me smile first thing in the morning :) btw ...isn't this why we blog??

You are describing exactly what's going on in my head half the time. Flemish people are an antisocial breed, though - it's almost impossible to make new friends here. I've added you to my reader, too! (It took me ages to work out what that verification thing meant. I must be losing my mind.)

This was too funny! It is so true though...looking for mom friends is a lot like dating. It is so great when you do find those women you connect with and it's like you've known each other for years.

And why is it that dads don't have this problem? One day I came home from story time and was over the moon because another mom had asked for my number... and my husband thought I was nuts. I think guys just start talking and don't stress at all about whether or not the other person likes them. Hmph. Darn motherhood is just like dating.

April, if I don't get my BFF bracelet in the mail soon, I'm totally breaking up with you. No kidding. Send it NOW or your not invited to my placenta party either.

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