How often do you see your friends?

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Mid 30s, busy life balancing work, partner and three step kids. Sometimes it can feel a challenge to balance everything and keep friendships going! How often does everyone manage to see friends?

I see a close friend who lives in a nearby city about once, sometimes twice a month, never more.
Local friends I see about once every two weeks, sort of on rotation, so I might go out for a walk or coffee with two friends one week and then a different two the next week.

Since New Year I have seen seven friends in total, not counting casual acquaintances at the gym. So not exactly social queen of the year! Need to do better.

Two hours with one friend once a week; an hour with another group of friends once a week. We don’t manage those every week. Meet up with another friend group once every three months. That’s it. 3 kids, work 30 hours a week. See my mum once a fortnight.

Usually see a friend at least once a week. But I have different groups of friends, rather than a single tight knit group so it can be months before the rotation comes around again. Depends also on whether they have kids too. If they do, it makes it easier as can combine play dates with my social life too.

Closest friends - at least once a week.
We have a standing arrangement to meet on a Sunday afternoon which we rarely cancel ( and if we do it's usually cos we're on holiday or we've all been out the night before). It helps that kids and partners all get on too....

I see my other friends around every 4-6 weeks.

I see a friend every friday monring for a dog walk. We have the same day off work as each other.

Do alot of keeping in touch via facebook.

About once a month we go to a dinner at a club we belong to and usually see friends there. But don't arrange to meet up so to speak.

In the summer DH spends all weekends doing his hobby and I usually go to sit in the pub afterwards to listen (yawn) to their war stories and usually meet friends there.

Nothing in the evenings as I am too tired usually.

Pretty bold of you to assume I have friends.

Varies a bit, but I probably see a friend socially twice a month - might be going out for lunch, a walk or popping round for a coffee

I have two best friends and I see them each every other week for about three hours.
i have another friend who I see once a year and another one three or four times a year.
This is perfect for me.

Prob 1-2 a month. Life is busy and expensive, socialising just takes a back seat. However, I’m friendly with other mums, my colleagues-1 a month seeing my friends, that doesn’t mean I don’t interact with other adults.

My BF lives in the next city across about 40 minutes away and I see her in person a couple of times a month but we FaceTime 5/6 times a week.

I don’t really have any friends other than her.

Probably once or twice a week, different friends or groups of friends, but not on a regular basis. That's plenty for me!

I'm single and childless and it's still only once a week usually. There are only a handful of people I would want to see more than once a week. We usually meet up for a few hours though, 3-5 hours at a time and I wouldn't want to bother meeting up for just one coffee.

During lockdown a handyman came to my place and was surprised I could go days without seeing anyone while forced to work from home. He seemed to think people who live alone see their friends every day...

Last year once a week. This year switched to once or twice a month studying and working and just too busy!

Mid 40s, see both my closest friends once a week usually but we also have a WhatsApp group and chatter about nonsense most days!

Sometimes only a couple of times a year! Luckily they're the kind of friends where you just pick up where you left off. Keep in touch over text more frequently, but physically seeing each other isn't very frequent unfortunately 😕

some of my work colleagues are my best friends…so daily. Others, every 6 months as they live abroad or the opposite side of the country.

I'm a SAHM and all my friends work (albeit part time) so we all meet up with the kids on their days off and then our kids do a club together on a Saturday morning. I usually see them 2-3 times a week.
I appreciate that if I was back at work, it would be significantly less.

I have a couple of ‘mum friends’ who I see at least once a week, sometimes twice, but they’re very local, and our children are <18 months and we’re either SAHMs or part-timers so peak time for seeing friends.
My closest friends, who I met at school and have remained close to, it’s much more variable. We try to make a date every month or two and altho we would love to see each other more, we’re quite spread out now so it’s difficult.
I then have various others who I see at events and on nights out as and when.

We're in our 40s with secondary aged children. We have plans of some sort every weekend, always have had. When the kids were babies, it was walks in the park with friends or visiting each others homes for food, as they grew up it was family friendly pubs/restaurants, camping trips, BBQs, movie afternoons/nights etc, nowadays it's more likely to be adult meals out or going for a few drinks etc, kids most often have their own plans. We do meet friends during the week, but generally for an arranged activity such as playing sport or going to a club.

I think having a strong social circle and support network is important, and we've always put the effort into maintaining that. It's enhanced our lives in so many ways having a wide and diverse circle of friends. It did take effort in the "tired years" though!

Once a week with some friends. Or twice a week with others. Some others longer. Got different groups of friends.

Anytime from once a week to once every other year. You have to make some effort though - don't let time pass and realise you have none at all.

I do an exercise class twice a week with two friends. Usually meet another for lunch or a coffee every couple of weeks.

Nights out a few times a month, either with DH and friends or just friends. I’m mid 50s though with adult DC so a very different stage to you OP. It was less in my 30s.

And wfh since covid so more time without the commute.

Do you feel you dont see your friend enough op?

We have dinner with friends a few times a month in the evenings. Over the summer and Christmas it is much more often. So it’s sporadic but fun and see close friends regularly unless I am completing huge pieces of work or research papers and I have to go under ground for a bit.