None of my good friends have children. Absolutely none. I have an almost 4 year old dd and when she was young we did the whole early days group thing and I tried to make 'mum friends' as I didn't want to be the only one with a baby. The others from the group all kept in touch but after about 6 months things stated to get a bit uncomfortable. I never felt like I fit in with their group as I had nothing in common with any of them but the straw that broke the camels back was when one of the women in the group was extremely racist and no one except me pulled her up on it, so I felt that I couldn't be part of the group any more.
I have tried to make other friends who have kids since but nothing has ever materialised. I am now expecting dc2 and I really don't want to be in the same situation again. It's been a lonely few years.
Just today I took my dd to a party (one of her nursery friends) and I thought I'd try and get to know some of the people there but the other parents barely said two words to me.. It's getting to the point where I find it hard to make small talk because I don't think anyone will want to speak to me anyway.
I have lots of friends who don't have children but they are busy with their childfree lives and it's hard to find time to see them. I'm genuinely a nice person, I just don't know why I can't seem to relate to or get on with other parents! It's really getting me down now. I'm starting to think it's because I dress slightly alternative (i wear dm's, bit of a hippy etc but nothing major) and I live in a really 'normal' (aka boringb) area. What ever it is, it's doing my head in and if anyone has experienced similar it would be very reassuring.
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To think I'm never going to have any friends who are also parents?
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OhWhatAPalaver · 05/12/2015 21:05
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