I have a friend, we have been friends since we were 5 years old, over the years I would say we have been close with the odd blips where she has pulled away, particularly when I got a bf and she was single (I did try and ensure I made the same effort), before we both had a child 2 years ago, we would meet up approximately every 3 months, it was quite difficult pinning a date down, but when we did see each other we would get on well and chat for hours, sometimes until early hours. Since we've had our little ones, we have messaged but I've found it really hard to see her, I get messages back but sometimes it can take weeks for a response (I get how hard it is with a child, I am in the same boat but weeks seems like an unusual amount of time)
When i try and meet up, she will never give me dates it's always 'we need a catch up soon, let's arrange a date', so I will send dates and either I get ignored or a response the day or morning of the proposed dates when I can no longer do it. I backed off and got another message from her again asking when I was free... so I gave her 3 dates. That was over month ago now, the dates I gave have long since been gone, and I'm quite despondent now, I feel like I should just give up.
We live about 5 minutes away from each other, so meeting up shouldn't be this difficult!
Aibu to give up on this friendship entirely? Or should i give more lee way with her having a toddler? What would you do?