Has anyone else had issues with their friends that aren't pregnant or have kids?

I have a friend at work and we've become really close over the years. But ever since I become pregnant she just doesn't understand anything I'm going through which is fine except for the fact that the past few days I have been exhausted physically and socially. We have been helping another friend out for about a month now and we've had to keep him entertained as he's going through a rough time right now and it's drained me socially . my friend at work is frustrated because I'm not talking a lot and I'm exhausted and she doesn't understand why and I'm just curious if anybody else has had issues with friends that are not going to the same thing or have gone through the same thing as you connecting with you because she's literally mad at me. She stopped talking to me at work today and I just don't understand what to do.

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Yeah it will get harder as you have your baby to connect with friends without kids. That’s the boat I’m in now.

Have had that with lots of people and now in my second pregnancy with a toddler to care for it has gotten worse! I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and am curious to see whether I will feel better again postpartum as my mental health in general is a bit worse than pre second pregnancy :) maybe communicate your feelings like you did in your post: “I can feel you retreating from our friendship and I’m sorry if I have neglected you, I just feel so exhausted and cannot give as much as I would like. I hope we can figure something out as I really appreciate your friendship” (or something like that) 😊

Yeeeeep, last time I saw one of my "closest friends" was when I told her I'd just found out i was pregnant. My son is 3.5 now 🙃

100% . I no longer really hang out/talk with my best friends as we are all in different stages in life. They’re still in their party 24/7 era which is not wrong but don’t really understand as I’m becoming more pregnant and tired with all the symptoms of pregnancy I’m in a different head space 🤷🏽‍♀️

I’m not sure, most of my friends aren’t checking on me. I’ve done almost all of the work to stay in touch with most of them and I’m at the point where I just don’t want to anymore. Friendship is a 2-way street 🤷🏼‍♀️

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y’all are boring to talk to 😭😂 like damn, i just want friendships where the conversation actually flowssss. i don’t wanna feel like i’m carrying the conversation or i’m the only one being open & actually trying. ask questions, tell stories, share random shit, let’s skip the awkward small talk & talk like we’ve known each other forever 😂 i wanna feel like i’m talking WITH you, not interviewing you lmao.

Where’s my yappers at?!

I need someone to text back and fourth all day! Now I get, we get busy and things like that. I work and have three kids, so I totally get it. But I just want to yappppp about everything and anything! I feel like as soon as I give my number out, everybody disappears😔

Idk what to do with my relationship

We been having issues for a few months now and I refuse to even be intimate with him since he told me I was fat for the time he meet me (mind this I been pregnant cuz of him back to back. For 2 years ) I’m finnaly getting my self back together cuz of postpartum but he told me he thinks of other woman and is a (promise) to cheat on me and put me down a lot I’m scared to leave cuz I don’t want him taking my babies away

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If you’re on here begging for a friend and then use one word replies and then ghost. . You’re WEIRD. . And this app isn’t for you. . IDK about you . But I’m on here to make REAL friends that are capable of holding a conversation!… and NOT talking about themselves the ENTIRE time. . Girl bye. 👋..

An old friend who was flaky is liking my social media and texted to tell me she published a book

I've already given up on the friendship because it was so one-sided, it was all about her it was all about being an audience to her and everything happening in her life.

Story of my Life where most female friends only become friends with me because it makes them look popular meanwhile if we hang out all I hear is about their traumas. There's never any real interest or even questions about our lives and if we happen to have gotten sick and couldn't agree to an outing it never seemed to be an acceptable response

I'm just so confused at female friendships and I just need to hear the truth once and for all. Am I just falling for poor friendships what are they even supposed to feel like because personally I honestly feel they should be reciprocal and there should be genuine interest back and forth

So this old friend saw my Instagram story posts and like them and then texted saying we're doing great and that she published a book and to check it out

And I'm just like okay. Again it's still all about her right?

I'm trying to understand if I'm seeing things clearly or not

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