If you 50+ do you have a massive social life ?

[polkit]

As I get older, I am happy to see friends once a week. This is all I can fit in with DH/DC/work/my hobbies/working FT. I have a friend who wants to see me up to 3 times a week sometimes. This is impossible with everything else I have going on.

How often does everyone else, 50+, see friends ?

We and most of our friends had our children pretty late so our late 40s and early 50s are still occupied with childcare or at least taxiing kids here there and everywhere. Plus ageing parents, demanding jobs and meno for the women mean we are all knackered.

This week I met one friend for a coffee during the day (we both work for ourselves so have flexibility) and my two closest friends for pizza and a glass of wine on Friday. That was an unusually social week. Often I don’t have time to see any friends at all. I sometimes travel for work and have evening work events at least once a week so it is difficult to find time to see friends most weeks.

No offense, but I bet your friend doesn’t actually want to see YOU 3 times a week, she’s just lonely and/or very extroverted. Her solution is to find more friends, not monopolize you.

We see friends far less frequently, months not weeks apart

Same. And tbh I'm perfectly happy with that tbh. I spend all day at work in rooms full of 30 teenagers - I don't feel the need for loads of socialising!

Totally agree