New in Nyc/manhattan

Updated on January 23, 2007
K.S. asks from New York, NY
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Hello,
my name is K., I'm 34 years old and I'm sorry to say that I will do 50 or so faults per post because my english is absolutly terrible...
I promise to go out of my way to write passably understandable.

I have a little daughter, Nathalie, she's now two years and ten months old.
She, my husband and me come from Munich, Germany, but from january on we are in NYC/Manhattan for eight months. I have left some very good friends in Munich and I'm very interested in finding new ones - but I've got a notion that meeting other moms happens primarily by visiting bigger groups/gatherings. Those ones are nice for my sweetheart, for me to get to know somebody it's rather difficult. On the one hand I'm a little bit chary (hope, this is the right word), on the other hand I try so hard to express a correct phrase in english that other people have changed the topic for the fifth time before I started to say something...

Is there any possibility to meet somebody "in pairs" like "Hi, I'm a mother and I'm searching for other mothers to talk and lough" - "Yes, me too, let's make a playdate"?
Or is this inappropriate in the USA? (I mean this question absolut serious, I don't want to be cynical - I'm searching for days for an internet site like this, but I cannot find anything in this way)

I would appreciate any suggestions - and maybe there is a woman here with a similar problem? Feel free to contact me! :-)

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J.

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Hi K., I would look for storytimes at the local library, Barnes & Noble & sometimes, The Children's Place. I'm not very outgoing. Generally, I look at who my daughters(6 & 3) are playing with in the playground & start talking to their mom. I start by asking how old the child is, what school they go to, do you come to the park often? I try to make playdates in public places. For example, do you want to get together at the park next Tues at 2:00 so the kids can play & maybe go for lunch or coffee afterwards? Generally people have routines-go to the park every Tues at 12:00, for example. If you see the same people regularly, start by saying hi, how are you. They will open up to you. I also noticed that Manuela G. posted something on 1/10. She is from Germany too. If she doesn't live near you, at least you could talk on the phone. I hope this helps. Good Luck

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O.Q.

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HI

My daughter is about your daughters age. My friends don't have kids so Amelia doesn't have any friends to play with..just me. It would me nice to have a playdate with kid(s) about thier age and also get to know some other moms as well..

Hope we can work something out...

O.
Single mom to 2 year and 10month old Amelia

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A.A.

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sign up for classes if you can. most moms meet there & then go for lunch, etc.

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B.S.

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Hi, K.
My name is B., I am 31 years old, first time mom of an almost 9 months old baby boy and reading your post made me feel like writing you right away because I somewhat know how u feel I moved to NYC in 2002 ( I came here by myself a year before from Romania) and since 2002 I lived with , now my husband, Robert, who is from NYC. I left all my good friends back home and I made some new ones here but most of them are friends of my husband's, mostly guys (none of them married) and I really felt I needed to make some friends (women friends) that would have more in commun with me and also be around my age.But it's very hard to meet those people in a big city like this, especially if u didn't grow up here and after I had my baby I felt quite alone , not having my family here and not knowing any new moms that I could talk to. My husband's family is very nice and supportive but they live in Pensylvenia and I really don't know anybody here that can connect with on the same level. So if u wanna write me it would be great, I know our kids don't have the same age but it would still be nice to hang out some times or just talk, anything we could find fun.
More about me: I work for a law firm in Manhattan, I live in Queens, married for 2 years, my husband is a musician and also works for a custom cabinets company.
my email address is ____@____.com but you can also check out my profile on this webpage: www.myspace.com/biancaserpe

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L.R.

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Hi K. My Name Is L. I live in throggsneck it's in the bronx i have two boy's julius is four and elijah is seven if you would like to set up a play date maybe we can take the children to a museum or movies my e-mail is ____@____.com or you can call me my cell is ###-###-#### so give me a call.

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