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End the friendship or just learn peoples places in lifr

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Prettypinkpetal01937229 · 13/01/2026 10:21

I’m at FTM to a 8 month old.
1 of my friends has kids the rest do not.

We are in a group of 4 but I am particularly close to one friend. In hindsight being childless we went out more together and seemed to be at the same stage in life together, more impulsive, last minute.

However I’ve found a complete shift since having a baby, she became quite distant after finding out I was pregnant and since I’ve had the baby I barely ever see her and she barely ever checks in. Within this time she has become closer to another friend we have mutually and makes more effort with them. I feel really isolated at the moment as it’s one friendship I cherished which has completely changed on top of all the other changes that come naturally with becoming a parent.

I was really rooting to find a group of new mum friends but that just hasn’t happened, I’ve been to baby groups etc but the other mums haven’t been so friendly or already in a click.

I see so many women around me who have babies and their friends are incredible, but am I being unreasonable for a friend who is childless?

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Helpforsummer · 13/01/2026 10:34

I have one childless friend who I consider close now I have kids - I'd say I'm the exception - before I had kids there was nothing worse than hearing about other people's children and how hard it was...
Now I've got kids that's how I'd like to decompress 🤣
I'd not blame her, have you checked in on her?

Prettypinkpetal01937229 · 13/01/2026 10:41

I know it sounds soooo hypocritical of me and I’m aware of that, there was nothing more annoying than trying to plan something last minute and having to reschedule it to 2 weeks time to make sure everyone could make it. When you desperately just wanted to gone for a couple in that moment

I have yeah
She was going through a bit of a rough time before Christmas and as I normally would, I sent a message ever 1-2 days for a week and a bit just to check in and let her know I’m here and just to have someone to talk to.
But since then not really heard a thing. I’ve also had stuff on that she’s been aware of but not really had much reciprocation.

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