In-Person Friends
Online friends are GOLD. They’re often your heart to heart people.
BUT there’s nothing like having a person in your life that you can call to go on a hike or to make baking soda volcanos with you. That in-person comrade may or may not be “best friend” material—and they don’t have to be. They bring their in-person energy! Precious!!
Be Brave
It takes courage to initiate with a human you don’t know. In the pre-internet days, there were no other options! Take a little of my chutzpah—be brave and ask someone you know a little (neighbor, soccer mom, person on the treadmill next to you at the gym) if they are interested in doing family-style stuff with you.
Pick one low stakes event. Trade phone numbers (for texting obvz—not scary TALKING), make it happen, see how it goes!
You’ll get some polite “no’s” but eventually, you may find just enough of what you need to stop feeling so alone and lonely outside of the internet.
You deserve in-person friends! (Psst: and they don’t even need to be homeschoolers…though after knowing you, who knows what might happen?!)
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