Is there a 3 day grace period after a first (play) date?

We did it. We had our first play date with someone that we actually did not know. We sought them out and we went on a date and we did it. I know there are many of you who are thinking, "Whatever, no bigs, I make friends like they're going out of style."

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

We have lived in the Valley for over a year and I have yet to make a friend that was not handed to me by my husband. And that total is 1.

For those of you who have been reading a while, you know about my awkward encounter in World Market where I tried to be friendly but...well...that didn't work out. And you also might remember when I told you about Gabriel's preschool bestie and who his mom was.

Thankfully, I jumped to conclusions and was wrong. Turns out, his mom is NOT awkward World Market mom, but in fact an extremely nice lady, a transplant like me from the Midwest who happens to not know anybody out here.

I reached out to her last week because Gabriel is always talking about her son. We emailed back and forth a few times and decided to let them play at the Burger King play area. Because that's what people do for fun in this hell hole...play in fast food bacteria-fests. Thank God I'm not a germaphobe.

Dare I say, we've made some friends? It seemed to go well...we talked for two hours straight. No uncomfortable silences. Lots of laughing. The boys had an absolute blast and completely wore each other out.

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Am I allowed to tell her we had fun? Can I text her? Is that weird? Are we friends now or are we going to continue going about our business until I ask her if the boys can play again?

I'm totally over-analyzing this. We had a good time.