How often do you see friends?

[Snackandduckchuck]

So I am just trying to figure out what is relatively normal! If you are married with young kids, how many times a week would you see friends? I see someone at least once a week, whether that be a playdate or doing something just us.

I have a relatively new friend who also has young kids. She sees friends everyday. She gets home from work, grabs dinner, then out the door to either a coffee date, cinema, shopping with someone etc. She will often spend weekends away visiting friends. She has a lot of friends. However, she is expecting me to see her a lot more than I am used to, or that any of my friends seem to do in their lives also. She called me introverted the other day and boring! She takes is badly if I don't say yes to seeing her every time.

However, I don't think the life she leads is that usual for someone with young kids. I just don't have the energy for all that! Plus I would hate to be away a lot of weekends, I like our family time. So how often would you see friends if you have young kids?

There's no normal. You need to work out what suits you!

Maybe twice a week? Not every day. God that's suffocating. How does she find any time to see her kids or partner if she's constantly out?

We have friends who daren't miss an event or meet up so they land up doing far more than than actually want to and pretty much see people every day which would drive me mad. We are pretty anti social in comparison.

When in UK see people a couple of times a month, when abroad meet up with friends 3 or 4 times a week for quizzes, meals and tennis. We like some time to do our own thing.

She called you 'Introverted and boring', how charming. Wouldn't be my friend for long if she couldn't accept me as I am. Maybe you're not compatible?

Whenever it suits us all, between kids, work, and family life, life is busy.
Honestly I'm lucky if I get to meet up with a friend for an uninterrupted coffee once a month!

She doesn't have much family life tbh. She never sees her husband but I don't think either particularly mind that. I end up feeling like she is just trying to "fit me in" even though I am ok not to be fitted in! She did say one time she worries and feels down if she isn't all planned up. But yeah, I do think perhaps we are incompatible. But she doesn't seem to be one to let things just slide!

I'd only see friends at most once a week or even every 2nd week. Midweek I want to just relax and at weekend I want to spend at least one day as a family. It's very strange that she never sees her husband but each to their own I guess. I would say what you do is more normal

I very rarely see friends! Maybe once every couple of months for an evening out, and one every week/ fortnight for a coffee on my day off. I'm knackered in the evening anyway. I get an element of socialising at work as I have good friends there. Most people I know are similar, certainly not out most evenings. An age thing maybe - we are all early 40s???!!!!

'Friends' like that, I don't see at all.

I see friends with children the same age as mine about once a week and then I see school/ university from every few months to every few years! She doesn't sound like a friend to me.