Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver but the other's gold

Sometimes I feel like a silly teenager trying to get a guy to notice/like me.
Except the context is totally different.

I've tried to make new mommy friends. And I was so scared about how to approach them and ask if they wanted to get together for a "play date" for our kids. Twice I've tried, and twice I've been rejected.

Our library has various programs for kids, and I've taken Erica to several play/story times. Well, the first mother I felt a connection to had a daughter Erica's age and also a baby. Erica and the other girl got along well. But I was always too shy about starting something up, b/c I was afraid she might not want to get together with me. So I never said anything.

Then, another program started up. The aforementioned mommy/girls were not in this one. But there was a mommy/girl there that had been at the same swimming class Erica had been in the previous year. We talked a lot and the girls played together a lot. So, at one of the last meetings I gave her a card w/ my name/email/phone number on it. She said she'd love to get together for a play-date for the girls. Only, she never called. And I actually saw her a few weeks later, and though we said hi, she didn't mention anything about it. I was very sad.

I also met another lady. This I thought would be very promising. She used to live in my neighborhood, but still comes often to visit a former neighbor b/c the kids are friends. And her daughter also LOVES strawberry shortcake... So I told her she could stop by anytime to borrow one of my movies. I also gave her a card w/ my name/email/phone number. She never called or stopped by either.

Is something wrong with me? Do people think I'm odd? Or worse, that my daughter is odd?

Well... Yesterday I was at another library thing. And the first mommy that I had mentioned was there. The one I never invited for a get together. During the program, I kept debating whether to say anything. I didn't want to risk rejection again. Finally, I decided I would say something... But before I could, she said that they're moving next week.

***Sniff, snuffle, boo hoo***

There are two other mommies I know whose kids get along w/ Erica quite well. And I've been meaning to invite them over. I really want to. But I still have that nagging feeling: "what if they don't want to?"