Dear Shell-e,
As a hip-urban-single father, I find it difficult [to] find other adults my age who have children and share my interests, etc. I want to have people to hang out with that will also provide some fun / benefit to my 6 year old daughter. What should I do to extend my social circle appropriately?
Dear HUSF (Hip Urban Single Father),
What I’ve done in the past when I’ve found it hard to meet people with similar interests and what not is search online groups for like minded people and if I couldn’t find anyone make a group myself. So First I would suggest you look at the following places for parent groups and if that doesn’t work start one of your own. Since I know you are in Portland, OR I’ve taken the liberty of looking for groups there. For the readers who aren’t here in Portland I’ve linked a few sites they can use all over the US.
Portland,OR sites
http://www.metro-parent.com/calendar.html
http://portland.craigslist.org/
http://community.livejournal.com/pdx_mommies/profile
Nationwide Sites
The other thing I’ve noticed a lot of is the non-smoking brew pubs around Portland seem to be a hotbed of young urban parents getting together to have beers and let their kids play. Both Laurelwood and Lucky Lab have a large amount of kids and parents so I’d check them out as well.
http://www.laurelwoodbrewpub.com/
I hope that helps you out HUSF!
Thank You,
Shelley
