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To talk about nothing other than kids

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Fallout123 · 23/01/2025 16:16

Probably get hate for this with it being Mumsnet but I am child free, last one of my friends. Someone who used to be my best friend is due her second child soon. In the last few years whenever I have seen her, there is no other conversation other than kids. We meet up in a group of 4 often and the entire conversation is about kids. Someone will ask about my life and she shows no interest and somehow diverts the conversation back to herself/kids. When I see my other friends individually we surprisingly have other things to talk about. Even on social media, every single story is about her child or pregnancy. AIBU to think this isn't normal?

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Nespressso · 23/01/2025 20:23

Agree with @BarbaraHoward

i used to be very well read, up to date and liked to talk politics, debate philosophy etc. would have all sorts of deep conversations

im in the trenches of small children now, exhausted, boring, and often find myself saying weird things because my brain feels like scrambled eggs.

BarbaraHoward · 23/01/2025 20:19

YANBU not to like it, at all. That must be very boring for you.

I suspect I have become that person though. Blush Small children plus full-time job equals no time for hobbies and not much energy to properly engage with, say, current affairs like I used to.

My best friend is child free and I know she gets very fed up with all of her friends' lives being dictated by small people. I try to limit how much I talk about them and obviously always ask about her. But I have nothing. Else. Going. On. I bore myself too if that makes you feel any better.