Tonight I tried to attend my first Moms of Multiples (MOMs) meeting. Their website said they meet at the hospital on the first Monday of each month. Something about going into a room full of new people really makes me uncomfortable, so I was dreading it. I’m completely fine once I find someone to talk to, but the initial fear of the possibility of being the only one that doesn’t know anyone kinda freaks me out. Luke is usually the social one in those situations and loves having the opportunity to make new friends, but the name seemed to imply that it was for moms only which meant I was on my own for this one. Luke had given me a pep talk over dinner and I had prepared myself to try my best to be social (yes, I realize that sounds lame).
I got to the hospital and went to the room where I thought the meeting was, but that conference room and all of the rooms surrounding it were empty. In the lobby there was a group of very pregnant women and their significant others. I asked one of the women if this was the moms group and she said yes (after giving me a strange look). I thought “okay, not sure what that was about, but I don’t think I want to try to be friends with that one...” I took a seat and waited for something to happen.
A few minutes later a nurse came by and asked if everyone was there for the hospital tour. Now things were starting to make sense – while these were moms, they weren’t MOMs. Oops! I briefly considered taking the tour to avoid bringing attention to my mistake, but I’m not delivering at that hospital so it would be a waste of time. I got up and quietly made a getaway. I’ll try again next month.
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