Anyone else?

Does anyone else have a big friend group all with children similar ages that go away together and just hang out?

I’m so jealous of people who do! None of our friends or even siblings want children so it’s just us and our little girl. We had more friends with children when we lived abroad but expat community is a bit different.

Just saw a post on instagram of some people I went to school with just went to the coast for the weekend and there was like 10 couples and all their children all together and I was like that would be SO nice!!

I wish our friends would have babies 😭

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My boy is only 2 but our main companionship is his ‘bestie’ who is a week older than him; and I’m friends with his mum of course. We live locally and met through the boys. We meet once/twice weekly.

I met a lot of mums on mat leave but lost contact with some when returning to work PT. If we bump into each other at playgroups etc, we chat.

I relate with what you say about friends not having children. My friends and I have all been in long term relationships since our teens, and my friends aren’t considering having children any time soon. My siblings don’t have children. Only lately this dawned on me and I think about it too! My LO is the first grandchild, nephew etc.

There is always time to make those friendships and I would think it comes with time as our little ones go through the school years ❤️

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So we were at my partners mums yesterday with our 2.5 year old and I am 38 weeks pregnant with our second. My partner and I struggled to come to terms with the second pregnancy and have had very in depth discussions about how we both definitely do not want any more children, we want to be able to maintain our lifestyle and feel that two is more than enough for us. I had a traumatic birth with my first (hopefully I won’t this time) and my partner is adamant he wants to get the snip. For context he is 24 and I am 30, so there is a gap but we’ve never really seen this as an issue. Obviously I know that is young for that procedure; but this isn’t something I’ve pushed him into or made him want to do, he keeps telling me he wants to. He mentioned it at his mums yesterday and she blew up, and started saying “you go on the coil, MY son isn’t having that done and if he is, I won’t talk to him ever again and you should be talking him out of it” and then she said “you might not even be with HER in a few years, you might meet someone else and they might want kids” so I said, oh that’s nice, and his sister said “true though” and while I get the concept, I felt so hurt and uncomfortable, I’m literally about to have his second child, obviously already feeling vulnerable and then comments like that. We then went to the park with his sister and our children and I told my partner I felt hurt by the comments; his sister said aggressively “what you saying” so I said I just didn’t like that comment” so she stormed off saying come and say it to my mums face, to which I said I haven’t said anything negative, and I’m not going to act in such a way infront of my son, so we continued to the park. Anyway, I don’t know if it’s hormones but I thought I’d feel better after I woke up and I don’t, I feel emotionally numb and can’t get the comment out of my head. It’s made me feel like some kind of temporary fixture, when I’d never want that to be the case.

Also, I just want to add that there are people in the world who know they never ever want kids and that’s their choice, you wouldn’t follow them around telling them they’re wrong would you? Surly we should be building a life based on how we feel as a couple and not what could or couldn’t happen or what would be the point in anything?

Am I overreacting?

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So me and my best friend was friends for years. This girl started on me being absolutely horrible to the point where it effect my mental health a LOT!

My "Best Friend" has ghosted me & became best friends with her... And now acting like im a stranger to her doesnt want to know me and speaking quite horrible to me like she's the victim.

Am i stupud to feel so irritated about it or is my point valid?!

To add that she was also my bridesmaid

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If you’re serious and will take it seriously and actually participate, send me a message that says “let’s do this” with your number 🫶🏻

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