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I am a mother of a 6 year old and a baby, am 46 and do not enjoy exercising.
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I recently befriended a semi-professional soccer player on the playground.
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Our lives are completely different, but we enjoy each other’s company while our children play.
The playground was mostly empty the afternoon I decided to stop by to ride the merry-go-round with my son. As I held my newborn baby in my arms, I had an epiphany. He could use his legs.
Just as my son was clinging to the metal contraption with excitement as it gained momentum, my beautiful, perky 3-year-old ran up and wanted to jump on it. Her caregiver was right behind her, calling her name.
“Let me push,” he said, watching him balance on one leg in a “Karate Kid”-esque pose to move a park toy while holding a baby.
We started chatting and learned that he was a stay-at-home mom and that his partner was a manager at a private school. While the children were playing, we chatted like parents do on the playground.
we found the opposite
In these scenarios, parents verbally feel each other. It’s like a soft interview to see if we can be friends. Sometimes I don’t want to make friends, but most of the time the Gemini dragon inside me can’t help it. . I just want to be loved
It’s no different than dating, but while you’re weighing the pros and cons of friendships with your child’s supposed long-term playmates, you’re also thinking of them as your partners.
As we chatted, the topic of health came up. We talked about getting in shape and nutrition — he was slim and fit and I had a dilated rectum at 3 months postpartum. It can be difficult to remove.
Between telling the kids, “Put that old candy wrapper down” and “Use your good hands,” I managed to get the conversation together and learned that he was a semi-professional football player.
This was fascinating to me — I love to hear people’s stories, but also when is a 46-year-old normal playground mom rubbing shoulders with a 24-year-old soccer player?
He told me his story: He didn’t take soccer as seriously as he wanted in high school…his dream.
we became friends
We talked about the benefits of beets and other health tips and bonded.
On the other hand, his 3-year-old and my 6-year-old became best friends from the moment we saw them. They were attracted to each other’s high energy and desire to follow the other everywhere. The two of them will become infinitely close without exchanging words.
I like to sit at the airy backyard patio table and write, while my friends prefer to run into other grown men and catch and pass footballs. He told me that I try to exercise as little as possible but have big dreams of bulking down whereas he works out every day and working on bulking up. ‘s exercise is to walk while he runs. Somehow it works.
If you find yourself looking for friends, it’s a good idea to look where you didn’t expect them to be. I always have friends there.
Jessica Delfino is a multi-hyphen creative. She is a showrunner, creative her leader, social media content her creator, mother, and host of “The Mom Report” on Pocono 96.7 FM.
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