About being an adult and friends and parenting.
I came to a conclusion tonight.You know how high school is great for helping awkward teenagers find friends? It’s the forced interactions, the homeroom class, the accidentally “falling in” with the group of friends you just HAPPEN to fall into. It’s being at the same place at the same time with the same kids, and at some point - relationships organically form. I didn’t really have that much in common with my friends in high school, we just both happened to hate the new choir teacher and share the same lunch table.
I’ve decided that being a parent will be the next form of high school in my life. When you’re a parent, all of a sudden you have these friends that just HAPPEN because of interactions with your child. It doesn’t matter how much you have in common with these people, as long as you’re at the same volleyball games over and over. Or as long as you’re in the same playgroup, or PTA meetings, or as long as your kids are friends with each other. There is instantly something to talk about - “Hey, you’ll never guess what Little Johnny did last night” and so on. I’m actually looking forward to this some day. I think having some forced friendships might be good for me. :)
