If you have a partner and children, do you ever feel lonely?

[keswickgirl]

I am single and childless. I’m happy most of the time, but there are times (such as this Friday night) where I feel lonely.

I tell myself, and I’ve heard others say, that you can actually still feel lonely in a relationship or in a large family.

Wondering how true it is?

YABU - I am rarely or never lonely.

YANBU - Yes I still feel lonely sometimes.

@BigCheese24but you’re not your son’s friend-
you’re their parent. It’s unfair, weird and enmeshed to call your young child your “best friend”- for them, that should be someone from their peer group and for you, another adult.