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To wonder what happens if you don't have a tribe?

31 replies

Zazzlez · 08/10/2023 01:44

So I don't have a "tribe", which I understand can be multiple things to different people, but to me, it's friends, I have grown apart from all of my friends and sometimes I feel so lonely, it's me, dh, ds & DD,.no family,. nothing, I suppose my aibu will I be ok?

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Blahbie · 08/10/2023 23:29

Blahbie · 08/10/2023 23:21

Don't have a tribe and have had fair weather friends all my life and my DP is the same really... our immediate family is what matters to us. I see some people who are completely alone.

Meant to say I see some people who are completely alone and makes me appreciate each day I get to spend with my girls and my guy.

Malarandras · 08/10/2023 23:29

I don’t have a tribe, thankfully, and I’m rather happy with it. Not everyone needs a tribe, social media makes it look like everyone has one but they don’t. It’s perfectly ok to be who you are on your own terms.

drV · 09/10/2023 00:26

Moved to the UK 6 years ago. Left all the so called tribe behind in my home country. They all have found new people and have moved on and so have I! Life has gotten busy with a kid and hence no time for making a new tribe.. but life didn't stop🤷🏻‍♀️

Sheselectric22 · 09/10/2023 01:22

I don't have a tribe or any friends for that matter. I have my dc. I did once want friends but I was always on the periphery of groups and I'm not very interesting or likeable. I found it upsetting always trying my best with friends and being left out or excluded. I got used to being alone as it's less hurtful.

People in my life eg school mums only seem to bother with me when they need something eg professional advice.

I just focus on my dc and my work.
It's sometimes sad when I don't have anyone to call when something good happens or when I'm feeling low but you do get used to it.

I have lived my whole 30 years the same way. Even my own parents rarely bothered with me and said I was unlikeable as a child so you just learn to find joy in life alone.

DivingForLove · 09/10/2023 22:52

@YouBetterShapeUp thats incredibly sad. My friends are as important to me as my family - I don’t see their lives as “drama”.

Toddlerteaplease · 09/10/2023 22:53

You do stuff on your own. It's what I do.

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