Why is it so hard to make friends?

I feel like ever since I stopped being a doormat it’s been so difficult for me to make and keep friends. It saves me heartache and energy but it sucks because I genuinely just want one friend.

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Aww bless u

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It just takes time

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Good for you for sticking up for yourself, having friends when you get older is definitely hard

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Message me I need friend

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I totally understand. Feel free to message me if you wanna talk.

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Finding friends as an adult is one of the hardest things I’ve done. I too have recently stopped being the person people can call when they need something so I’ve lost everyone around me. I’m usually at work , with my kids and husband , but it is sad. I want someone to travel with, make plans, and just build a bond, you know. I’m not giving up though ❤️

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How do I (politely) tell my friend that she can come to my house if she wants to hang out so badly?

My best friend is a SAHM with two older children, and I’m a working mom with an older child and a newborn. I’m on maternity leave right now, and my friend keeps asking me to come hang out but I’m not really sure how to politely explain that I really don’t want to go hang out at her house. I’m trying to enjoy my time at home for as long as I have it, and it’s also just in general a really big hassle to have to pack up my newborn and go sit at someone else’s house for the day. I feel like it’s a little bit unfair that she hasn’t really come to our place at all, when she’s even got live-in child care if she needed it. I don’t want to come off rude or snippy, but doesn’t it make more sense that the person with the newborn shouldn’t have to do all the traveling? For the record, the last time we hung out I did go to her house.

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Friends ❤️

Can we just cut to the chase exchange numbers and act like we’ve known eachother forever haha , who’s down?😭😂

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Hello I literally needs friends ! ( like real one that I can trust)

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My husband works for a military contractor and is not at liberty to discuss ANYTHING with me and cannot even state if he is stressed at work. I am reaching out to other women whose spouses work under extreme stress and cannot discuss anything to help me understand and vent….

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