I hope I don't sound like a self pitying fool but I feel really quite sad that I don't have the "mum gang" of mates I envisioned when I found out I was pregnant.
We couldn't afford NCT and so I didn't meet people that way, I went back to work when DS was 8 months so DH could do shared parental leave. I went back full time as the higher earner and so I didn't get to carry on with the baby groups that I used during those first few months. I also didn't take to motherhood as I hoped I would and really struggled so maybe didn't use those groups as much as I should either.
Essentially I have a couple of friends who I've met but the vast majority are those I already had and who were brilliant during my pregnancy and after. AIBU to feel sad that I don't have mum friends to go for drinks with (in a post Covid world obviously!) and share stories of parenting with? Should I just be happy with those friends I already have and think maybe I'll make some when DC starts school? He has a childminder so I've not met parents that way. I'm wondering whether I should be happy that my son is happy and realise that being pregnant didn't automatically grant me a new set of friends, I think I just feel a bit disappointed when I see groups of mums in the parks with their kids not to have that myself.
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To feel I failed by not making mum friends?
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Youreatragedystartingtohappen · 28/06/2020 07:56
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