[blparent] meeting other parents and finding playdates

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi, Ronit.  Is there a park near your home?  As long as the weather is good, 
I've found the park is a nice place to meet because moms are there with 
their kids.  I went to a moms' group through Mommy and Me, which is probably 
like Meetup.  I had a terrible time, and nobody seemed to want to talk to 
me.  I maybe should have kept with that but didn't.  Some of the 
neighborhood moms have warmed up to me a little just because I haven't gone 
away and won't.  But I've found the park to be very relaxing.  I've also 
hired a teenage girl to take Sarah and me a few places.  Today we went to an 
indoor play center called Monkey Business.  Now that Sarah is in preschool, 
that might be another place to meet other parents, bjust one so far.  But I 
think it's just a matter of sticking with it even though it takes a long 
while to make friends sometimes.  It's definitely been a stretch for me, but 
probably a good one, making me reach out when I might not usually do so.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni" <rovadia82 at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 1:58 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] meeting other parents and finding playdates

> Hi everyone,
> I have a question that I know some of you have experience with. I am 
> interested in meeting more parents in my area. I joined a group of moms 
> through meetup.com but all the meetups are either geared toward toddlers 
> or are far enough away that I can't walk there. I did attend one meetup 
> and asked for a ride from a mom. She was very nice and helped me get my 
> carseat in her car for my son. It was a hastle though. And I felt bad 
> asking for a ride. I offered her gas money but she wouldn't take it. I 
> have met a few moms in this group but haven't made any real connections 
> with anyone so I feel awkward about asking for rides to events. What have 
> you done to find playdates and to meet moms in your area? Any other 
> websites besides meetup.com that I should check out? How have you handled 
> getting to events that are not accessible via public transportation? The 
> moms I've talked to seem mildly sympathetic to my situation but most often 
> don't want to do things close to where I live. I've gotten together with 
> one mom who lives within walking distance and we've been out to lunch with 
> our babies but there's only so many times you can go to that same sandwich 
> shop. :)
>
> I'm interested in your experiences. Thanks.
> Ronit
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