Some people say get a dog!

As Al mentioned the other day we have been living in Mid Wales for a few years now and do see ourselves as locals, especially now we have someone Welsh in the family (Morgan!). It can be difficult to integrate into close-knit rural societies and often the advice is ‘get a dog’ (especially where we live) ‘and you’ll soon meet lots of people’. I suppose this could work and to be honest we haven’t tried it. As Alan said we got to know lots of proper locals throught various different paths so a) didn’t need a dog to meet people and b) didn’t fancy all the wet windy walks before work!

My advice now though for those people looking to integrate into a community would not be ‘get a dog’ simply ‘have a baby’. It has certainly done wonders for our social life. I’ve never been to so many parties and it really has introduced us to a whole new set of people who don’t mind talking about baby stuff (topics that most people aren’t really interested in!). We’ve got a 1st birthday party this afternoon which should wear any excess energy out of Morgan and give me a chance to spend some time with other adults….something you miss when you are at home with a baby.

The other plus is that when it’s really wet and windy Morgan doesn’t seem to mind if we forego the long walk on the beach in favour of an afternoon in front of the fire.

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