C.G.
I swore I was not going to be one of those people that stopped hanging out with their friends the minute they had a kid. As it turns out, there was a mutual drifting apart from friends that I thought I'd be close to forever. I completely understand the feeling. I'm sorry to hear about your friend, she may not even realize she's being a bad friend with everything she's got going on. I agree with Michele B.- stick with the play group. I joined a group that had been together for about a year before I joined them and over the past year or so, I've grown much closer with the other moms. One thing that could help build the bonds faster - suggest a moms night out. We did a few girls nights at the wine bar and between not focusing on your child so much and the wine as a social lubricant, we learned a little more about each other. I think its harder to make friends as adults. Its not like school or work where you are all kind of tossed together in the same dorm or office for hours at a time. I always feel like "I used to be good at this, now its like asking another woman on a date!" Good luck!