Seriously, I was just thinking about it, and I don't think I can recall my parents ever going out somewhere socially with another adult (besides us kids).

My parents have never had friends. Weird.

No, that's why my dad bought a dog.

no

yes.

the parents of my friends became their friends, but they also had some that they had known for a long time. Typically just other adults to go out to eat with while us kids ordered a pizza.

My parents are very active socially, but I don't think my inlaws even speak to people that are not family. We have vowed that we won't be like that, and are really making an effort to be more social now.

It's just so easy to stay at home and hang out, or go out by ourselves.

very socially active

Pretty damned social.

Yes, usually people from church or other family members.

my paretns dont have any..kinda strange

Mine do.

They kinda cheated though, now that I think about it. They sent their kids off to school--we brought home our new friends--they met their parents. They didn't even have to try.

I have kids 21 and 24 so probably the ages of some of the posters on this thread. This is an interesting topic, to me, because I've thought about this very thing.

We're also very "socially active." But being socially active and involved in all kinds of organizations and groups doesn't necessarily mean you have friends. The kind of friends that drop by the house, that you call at the last minute to go grab a pizza, etc. You can be very socially active and have close friends, the kind that help you move or build something for your kids but others it's just acquaintances.

We have a LOT of acquaintances but are bad at keeping in touch with good friends and a couple months ago I started working on fixing that. Regularly calling the couples we really enjoy. Some of them are parents we met through our kids sports and other activities and some from groups we belong to (yacht club, etc).

I think it is VERY easy to just get so busy going and doing things and be involved in almost too much so that you don't really get to know people well and become close to them.

I remember when I was growing up that on Saturday and Sunday afternoons you couldn't walk through our house (and we had a big house) cause I swear everyone in 7 counties stopped by to visit with my folks and whoever else was there.
My parents loved to have people over and obviously people enjoyed being there.

Question--did you meet your kids' friends' parents before or after your kids met their friends?

(I'm thinking elementary school age, when you had control over what they did)

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Thats why I try to call all of my buddies twice a month. We get together at Aggie Football games and try to do a guys trip every year.

I don't want to end up like my parents.

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Thats why I try to call all of my buddies twice a month.

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They probably think you have the ghey.

my parents have lots of friends.

mom is always going to places/out to eat w/her friends.

her & my dad go gambling about once a week w/one of their friends...lucky punks.

My dad's best friend still is his TAMU roommate, class of '63. They go out to eat together every week.

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mine don't...