What will I do when my NCT friends go back to work?

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I'm really sad that all our catch ups will fizzle our! What will I do with myself?

I have made other friends but they'll be going back in six months and I'll be alone. Really scared.

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I've just read your posts (I'm bored! ). I agree you haven't been rude to the OP with your carefully phrased posts but I think you are possibly having a little fun on this thread and trying to stir things up a bit. I'd say you come off a teeny bit pompous though which isn't great. (Haha and I probably come off a bit pompous by saying that 😅)
Obviously there is nothing wrong with suggesting that the OP consider going back to work if maternity isn't working for her but some posters were just being nasty for the sake of it.

The OP said she wasn't returning to work so not sure why posters are going on about it.

I think those posters suggesting to OP that she should go back to work just because she is worried about an aspect of being a SAHM are obviously being ridiculous. Would you say to a WOHP that she should consider becoming a SAHM because they were worried about the social aspect of their role? I seriously doubt it.

@bumbity nobody has told the op she should go back to work. When WOHP come on here saying they are struggling juggling work and family life the first suggestion is reduce hours or become a SAHP - so yes, that does happen.

@weeeee I'm genuinely interested which bits make me sound pompous??!
This is a topic I invest a lot of energy on. I'm an academic and one of my research topics is womens career decision making behaviour - I'm very careful not to judge individual choices but I do see the impact of these choices.
Personally, I've been judged on here and in real life for the choices I've made and been called a bad mum for choosing to work full-time. Interestingly, my DH has never had his career choices judged in the same way.