I can live in the same city as someone but if I live an hour away that’s too far for us to be friends, isn’t that crazy?

It's not the we can't be friends I just don't wanna drive 30 minutes to meet halfway or drive the full hour. Especially because my kid doesn't like the carseat. I'm not gonna purposely make friends that far

I see your perspective. I think people should put that in their profile. “Looking for friends in the area, no more than 30 minutes away.” Just to save us some time.

My profile is actually set to no more than 15 miles away, so people shouldn't see me unless I'm that close when swiping. I would personally assume people are looking for friends in the area though especially if they say anything about wanting playdates in their profile

If you really like this person then its worth it but try to make it fair and have that friend come to u as well.. i have friends i havent seen in years even though they only live an hour away

that’s how I feel! If I like someone enough I would make a trip. It won’t be frequent but enough to maintain a friendship.

Definitely finding true friends specially these days is hard hold on to it!

I’ve maintained a friendship for over 7 years with a good friend who moved overseas. It all comes down to making the effort to stay in touch.

making effort is so important. There are people who live in other cities that I wish we could be friends because they are cool and I would be willing to make an effort.

Living in London it takes an hour to get anywhere regardless of where. 2 miles down the road? 45 mins in traffic on a good day. 8 miles away? An hour on the tube anyway.

My friends live all over the city and we regularly commute to see each other, either at our homes or out for coffees/meals etc. It’s always an hour… if we are lucky 😂

As a mom I cannot have friends live too far sorry.. i need to make things as easy as possible for me..

wow! The London streets are busy lol

makes sense. Everyone has to do what’s best for themselves.

I have a friend I met on peanut who lives in Florida (I’m in Canada) and we chat frequently even though she’s no longer on peanut. We’ve never met in person but would like to in the future if our budgets and schedules allow it.

that’s awesome! I’m sure most of us have a preference for nearby friends because you can see each other more but if you find someone that is great to connect with even if they are far, I think it’s fine.

I get what you mean and I agree. Obviously I can’t have play dates with my long distance friends.

My real life friends have either much older kids or no kids, and I didn’t have any luck meeting friends with kids around the same age as mine. I’m waiting until they go to school and then I hope I connect with the parents of their friends.

my bestfriend lives an hour away and she or i drive all the time to see each other or have sleepovers :)

I love this! I’m glad that distance didn’t stop y’all from being friends.

My best friend lives 13 hours away from me that doesn’t stop her from being my best friend and talking every week. I also have a close friend who lives 2 hours from me and we make a point to see each other every few months. Distance means nothing to me.

I find just a good chat friend hard to find. I have only one very caring and good one. We share our troubles together and genuinely want better for each other. Most of my friends are chat friends. I don’t throw parties. What little bbqs we had my husband don’t even like to invite my parents let alone friends. It’s not that we are selfish. It’s expensive and emotionally and physically tiring to throw social gatherings. A few invited me to their houses or their parties but my husband doesn’t want to go because of the distance. He drives so I can’t really argue with him. One mommy got a shady personality and the other my husband claims that we aren’t close but I honestly love her. It’s just that she moved far now so it’s not convenient. I keep myself so busy that I recently got sick so now I have a lot of time but I don’t want to get my friends and their kids sick so I have to stay home. I just chat with mommies on the phone. All of them don’t mind that.

I really like the idea of chatting with people. Sometimes as moms we are too busy to be meeting up so often but we always want to talk with others. I also understand that different people need different things so some moms need an in person interaction.

Same girl. Same.

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