Don’t know what I’m looking for here, just advice and other people’s experiences really! I recently turned 28 and feel my friendships are really changing and it makes me sad. I know this is a common age for this kind of change but always kind of thought it wouldn’t happen to my group.
I have had a super close friendship group from school/sixth form, in our late teens/early twenties we were always together and whilst this did change as we got a bit older, we did still see each other lots for meals, nights out and going round to each others houses. Some people dropped off out the group but most of us stayed close. The past year or so I feel things have really changed and we’re not seeing each other very much, and when we do I feel it’s not as natural. We’re all in very different stages which doesn’t help. Some of the group are still out all the time drinking and partying whilst most of us have left that behind us. I had a child in my early twenties and people told me my friendships would change then but they didn’t really. This group were super supportive and it’s only now that things feel different.
I don’t necessarily even enjoy myself that much with them anymore, but I also don’t want things to change and feel super sad about not having the group anymore. I have other friends but most of them are living far away now so I only see them a couple of times a year and miss having friends who I can just pop round and see or meet for a coffee.
Any advice or thoughts on handling this?