Is it just me?

I've had the exact same experience. I am new to a rural community, so there is the fact that I am an outsider. It also seems like people just don't want new friends. Our closest neighbours have a girl 6 months younger than our daughter and have no interest in getting to know us or for our kids to spend time together. It's mind boggling

I had the same issue, no matter how much I went to baby groups. Then I told myself I will never beat myself over it again to find mom friends, my baby is 11 months old now and I haven’t had any mom friends until today when I went to a different baby group for the first time, this lady and I just clicked, coincidentally our baby girls were born the same month and 1 day apart. We had a good chat, exchanged numbers and tomorrow we are meeting up again for coffee or something . I hope will get along very well as the only friend I have where we live is my partner. I’m just happy I met her after 11 months of no friends.

I feel you. Mine is so difficult as I’m an introvert and don’t really do small talk 🤣. @Taryn I also have a next door neighbour that has a baby about 3months older than mine but like you said, they have no interest. Hoping one day I’ll click with someone like @Lele has described but till then I’ll keep having fun with my family 😀

Curve ball suggestion … are able to join an amateur female sports team. Netball, football, rugby, hockey, etc. I found the only decent way to make friends as an adult after University was joining a sports team. Usually they will have a training sessions each week and maybe occasional games but if you have support where you can take a few hours one evening a week to attend it is honestly the easiest way to meet a big group of girls and sports teams tend to be really friendly and welcoming. There will no doubt be other mamas on amateur teams and it’s also a great way to get in some exercise each week but in a social way. Honestly baby groups are fine but everyone is more focused on their babies to actually interact on a deeper level whereas woman’s team sports have that team mentality that builds relationships and bonds. Also you don’t need experience to join if you haven’t got any.. they will teach you all about the sport and the level of experience is always varied in amateur teams