Is it just me or has anyone else found that friends you used to be so close with have just disappeared since you have become a mum?
Currently grieving an 18 year friendship, hadn't seen her since I was 17weeks pregnant and then she just disappeared out of nowhere, I tried messaging her asking why she has ghosted me the other day and she finally replied (my son is 5 months old now for reference) basically saying she just doesn't think our friendship aligns anymore and that it was going to be her final message to me. Shes blocked me too. She didn't even ask about my son, nothing.. I've never done anything wrong for her to do this.
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Honestly ya becoming a parent changes so much. My husband still has a couple close friends but the main one is technically family too lol and me ya I'm not close with really anyone anymore my best friend and I stop talking much and stopped seeing each other after we had kids and she moved an hour away with her husband and my friends who does have kids just slowly stopped coming around I'm pretty close with one of my sisters sense our kids are less then a year apart but other then my sister and my husbands cousin that's really about it for us

OH MY GOSH!!! SAME! The ages, the friendship gap, same girl same (this was in 2022)
I had a best friend since I was 5! FIVE! Once I had a baby, she disappeared. And when I tell you it broke my heart, it shattered it to pieces. She was great. Nothing bad to say. But I would have never done that to her. EVER. I used to say “we went our separate ways” “she’s an adult” “different schedule” trying to make it look and seem okay. but now I just say “she was a bad friend, she ain’t ish” because like I mentioned, I would have NEVER done that to her. And she said that she went a separate way because “I’m not the same person I was” “she can’t see me as a mother because I’m too goofy” and I kept on trying to reassure her that I was in fact the same person just with a mini me. And that yes I’m goofy but my kids get to grow up with a goofy safe mother. But after a long time of repeating those conversations I had with her, I realized she was never really my friend, because you just don’t say that.

What a bitch … sorry but that’s just a bit harsh … especially ignoring you etc .. clearly wasn’t a true friend if she could just block you like that