I'm not sure if this is AIBU or more like am I being too sensitive?
So Covid happened and the various lock downs which separated people. I then became pregnant with our second child last October. I suffer with quite severe anxiety and struggled through the pregnancy. Didn't tell many people about the pregnancy at all through fear something might go wrong (previous traumatic birth) and sort of went into hiding for 10 months. Partly shielding because of covid too through last winter. Anyway since having my daughter in July, I'm trying really hard to start doing normal things again but I'm finding it hard to reconnect with some of my friends. I just don't know if it's the virus that's changed things or me being out of the picture for a while? Maybe I need to think about making new friends? I particularly feel for my son who's three as we had friends with children his age who we just haven't seen for ages but maybe too much time has now passed for it to be as it was.
This weekend for instance, we arranged a few different things for my son's birthday. 5 different sets of friends cancelled on us for various reasons. So we were actually left with my son not seeing other children on his birthday weekend which I really wanted for him. A couple of these friends actually had their own meet up (saw on fb) which they could of invited us along to instead but they didn't. My son missed out on seeing other children for so long (like many others) and I really want to start socialising again for his sake. He is a live wire and doesn't always like to conform so I do worry that some of my friends might not want him at their homes.
AIBU or just sensitive? Has anyone else experienced a change in friendships since covid?