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Maralma · 15/04/2019 10:04

I am married with two children currently on maternity leave with my second baby. I’ve been with my DH for nearly a decade and have lost nearly all my friends since I got together with him. There’s nothing wrong with my DH, I guess I was just busy with full time work, raising a family and my friends were single. Maybe we didn’t have much in common anymore. We just drifted away from each other. When I’m working, I don’t notice that too much. But now that I’m on maternity leave it’s so glaringly obvious that I need adult conversation. I don’t want to burden my husband too much with my worries.

I don’t know what I am looking for by writing this post. A sympathetic ear I guess. I do feel soul crushingly depressed sometimes and hopefully won’t get judged here.

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mrsgandy · 15/04/2019 10:52

What about a local toddler or mums and baby group ?

Bethan369 · 15/04/2019 12:40

You’re in the perfect position to make friends not that you’re on maternity leave but you’ve got to make the effort and really be pro active, a bit like dating. I found the baby groups you pay for to be the best/least intimidating/cliquey. Go for it!

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