frienship revival: the begining

So if anyone followed my last blog (www.storyaboutlove.blogspot.com) , which they probably didn't they would know that I had some interesting dating experiences for years post moving to philadelphia. Well now that I have found my prince charming, I need to find sixx to my blossom, blair to my serena, ok who am I kidding its more like Jwoww to my snookii. Anyway point being I have spent the past 10 years in philadelphia discovering who I am and what kind of relationship I want that I have not invested much energy in friendships. Now don't get me wrong, I have some amazing friends that I have gained through out the years. These girls will be standing up for me in my wedding and I love them to death. They have been my support system in philadelphia through all the dating in www.storyaboutlove.blogspot.com , all the job changes and recently through the wedding planning, and bridal triumphs. So you might wonder why I would suddenly be on the hunt for new friends. Let me make it clear these are not replacement friends but more friends. I have always lived by the notion that your girlfriends are those that you hold near and dear to your heart and trust with your life! Well that being said I have about 10 of those. I have just finished reading "MWF seeeking new BFF". I have learned that per some amazing sociology researchers you actually have room for 150 friends in your life and that each friend serves a different purpose. This really got me thinking. I don't have any random friends that I can just call up and say let's grab a drink tonight, unless they are one of my closest best friends. I have always felt that if I can't trust someone with my life then why would I spend time with them. Well one good reason is this leaves me with 10 friends, 6 that are either married with kids and/or live across the country. That leaves 4 single gals that are available to go out. 2 of those single gals work like 65 hour weeks leaving with me just 2 friends that can go out on the spur of the moment. This definetly calls for some new "social" friends. While we are on this topic of putting friends into categories, per a discussion with my fiance Seth, I would like to add a "gym" friend, a "synogouge" friend and a "neighborhood" friend. I don't like going far from the house when going out during the week, so if I could find a friend within a mile of my house that would be great. I also just found out that one of my closest friends is movin to Florida a week after my wedding. It will take at least 3 new friends to replace her as she is my "smartest", "funniest" and "closest (proximity wise)" friend. I have some new friend dates set up for this weekend and I have joined the following meetups : "philadelphis fun young females", "women get together" and "fairmount artist network". We will see what happens.....