new people and new things

So last sunday I went to my very first FRG meeting. They started having monthly meeting since we are getting close to D-day. I have never been to one or really apart of the military family. Since we don't live on base I don't have military wife friends that im not related to or ones I met through here. I am a very shy person when it comes to meet people. Luckly the hubby was allowed to attend the meetings with us or I would have been all alone. I met another wife who has a 9 month old who's husband does the same job as my hubby. well she was really nice and I figured she was new to this like I am. Well come to find out she has done a deployment and knows a lot of the other wives and soldiers. She seems to keep up with all the FRG things. I would love to keep up or even be apart of it but to be honest I have no clue what they are even talking about most of the time. I am always asking question about everything. I guess I need to work on this. All the other wifes seem to know each other and Im just kinda on the outside. I know some military wifes whoes husbands are highly ranked act like they are better then others, and I can tell there are a few in this group too, which makes me more nervous about fitting in.

I guess my main thing is I have two choices. 1: I can get envoled, get to know people and become a active member of the wife group. or 2: I can sit back and not worry about it and stay to myself.

All I know is when I was driving to this meet sunday I was so anxious. Plus when I got to the building I had no clue where to go. Other wives were walking in and going about their business and not asking if I knew where to go. A soldier actually stopped and helped me. Other wives didn't ask who I was since they could tell I was new. They hung in little groups to each other.

D doesn't care if I get involved with the FRG or not. He jsut thinks it would be a good place for me to make friends, with kids, who are having the same things going on in their lives like me.

I guess I have a lot of thinking to do.