Since I've already talked about issues with pregnancy, I thought I'd move on to issues afterward. As we've been having these issues: namely that most of our friends are still single and childless. Both my husband and I really make an effort (as I previously blogged), and we've decided that part of the problem is that people are kind of freaked out by the kid. We talked about this with our friend that hung out yesterday. We met him right before I got pregnant with #1 and as he pointed out, he's pretty much always known us as a married couple with a baby. The majority of our friends were my husband's friends from high school and college and have known him mostly as a single, partying kind of guy. Now that he's married (ie: tied down), the game has changed. Neither one of us were ever stay out late people once we had real jobs, but a lot of our friends are. Strike number one against us. The invitations started slowing down once we bought a house in the 'burbs. Then they pretty much stopped after #1 was born. We're kind of at a loss at this point as to what to do. Yes, socializing has to be more on our terms, which is why we throw so many parties. But it's still not working. Hmm, I guess this post is becoming a bit of a vent. My point is more to be aware of where your friends are going, and whether or not you're on the same path. If just so you can address baby issues before it becomes a problem.
And if anyone has any ideas for navagating the waters of single and/or childless frienddom, please, please share!
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