For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved having a varied group of people around me.  In fact, I’ve been called a “social butterfly” on more than one occasion since I was a little girl and, while this quality has been an asset in so many situations over the past couple of decades, I have realized since moving to New Jersey that it’s not as easy to make friends as an adult when you have to begin anew.

I was moving to a place where I knew not one soul (other than my parents), so, before I even arrived in the Garden State, I researched mom groups and other groups of interest where I might be able to regularly take part and meet other women.  After a time, I convinced myself that it wouldn’t hurt to meet a few men along the way, too.  It wouldn’t have to be anything serious, right?  So, I took to a couple of dating sites with nothing to be expected.  Just “getting out and meeting people.”

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