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helenejr

So as my childless and single friends seem to be dropping out of my circle of friends (not by lack of me trying to include them) I started to wonder if this was normal?[Poll]

helenejr

out of my top 8 friends all but 1 are either mums or expecting.... my single / child free friends have all stopped inviting me to things or get frustrated at me or are really jelaous of my life and family.....

cfisher2008

I don't really have mommy friends. I would like at least 1 good mommy friend.

kimbo1216

cfisher2008:

I don't really have mommy friends. I would like at least 1 good mommy friend.

You can always give me a call.

gymnst1013

I need a special snowflake   More than half of my friends are moms.  No one has really dropped out of the picture.

MrsPBNJ0220

I have only 2 actual good friends, that I talk to often and would go out with if they were closer and they are both mom's.

SpceCadet

gymnst1013:

I need a special snowflake   More than half of my friends are moms.  No one has really dropped out of the picture.

This is me, too.  I was the last to have a child though. 

Kymbirleigh

Well this was a tough one.... Most of my friends are guys. So.... Of the two girls that I actually trust and I am friends with, one has a 2 year old, and the other one is expecting.

AlyciaandRich

More than half of my friends are moms. Most of them I have met since having lo. I have been blessed to have found a wonderful group of moms. 

DaisyJanie

gymnst1013:

I need a special snowflake   More than half of my friends are moms.  No one has really dropped out of the picture.

This! My answer is 6 out of 8.

Jills83

Only two of my close friends have children, but I hardly see either of them.  We mostly email and text to keep in touch. 

Now, my single or married w/o children friends I see a lot more often.  This is mostly because we plan lunch dates at least once a week (we all work downtown and close to each other) and a lot of them make it a point to visit us so they can see V. 

I've been really impressed and happy with my non-kid friends because THEY make such an effort to keep our friendships going.  Sadly my mom friends are so busy with the kids and families and work it is hard to schedule times to hang out with them.

Sunidaze

helenejr:

out of my top 8 friends all but 1 are either mums or expecting.... my single / child free friends have all stopped inviting me to things or get frustrated at me or are really jelaous of my life and family.....

  I've pretty much been abandoned by my friends...the majority well before Stella came into the picture - I decided it was time to grow up and quit the bars, when most of my friends felt otherwise.  In the months since I've had Stella, one of my oldest friends (we go back more than 30 years now...to first grade) has since abandoned me.  She's my age, but single and most of her friends are at least 10 years younger than us and she relates better to them than to someone our own age.  And apparently she is now in a serious relationship, with someone at least 13 years younger than her, that I only know about thanks to facebook, because she hasn't made any effort to contact me directly since last fall (and yes, I've tried).  It hurts, I seem to lead a rather lonely existence outside of Stella and DH.  I do have my newer group of friends from my local nest, but it just isn't the same.

Telly21182

Of our close joint friends we're the only ones with a kid.  My BFF has a DD that's 2 months younger than Ty.  And, my SIL has a DD that's 2 weeks older than Ty.  Other than that there's no one

magnoliablossom00

None of my "close" friends have a baby/kids. No one in my immediate family or any of my cousins have a baby either. No one else is even CLOSE to being married or having a baby either.

I am trying to reconnect with old high school friends who have kids so that I have someone to share with. I also have tried to reach out to a girl I used to work with who just had a baby.

But no one that I'm really close with, no. It sucks.  I honestly can't wait until my brother and sister find someone, settle down, and have kids. They are my closest friends and I know it will be a freaking BLAST to have all the kiddos running around together. Sigh. One day. One very far off day.....

amberpro

kimbo1216:

cfisher2008:

I don't really have mommy friends. I would like at least 1 good mommy friend.

You can always give me a call.

 

Me too

 

I need a "more than half" option.  Most of my friends are moms, but I still have a few holding out or unmarried.  I was one of the last ones to get married and have kids.   

MouseInLux

Most of my friends are through DH, and most of them are single or recently married men coming close to 40. My female friends are mostly in the states, I think I have MAYBE 8 here and I'd say around 50% are girls I've met through a Mums group.

kas80

I have a core group of girlfriends that I've grown up with.  I'm only one of two that are married and the only one with a baby however it hasn't been a huge issue once we got past the initial adjustment period.  They just embraced a pseudo "aunt" role and understand that she has to come along for a lot of things due to my husband's work schedule.

However- we are all in our 30s and were never huge bar/partying people so I think that has a lot to do with it.  We do most of the same activities because they weren't baby unfriendly to begin with.

RobinSparkles81

lol I don't have 8 close friends! 

I have one close friend without kids, one close friend with a kid and one close friend (though she lives far away so I only see her once or twice a year) who is pregnant.