It's a bit pathetic and I know it's probably partly PMT, but I'm so lonely. My best friends are all away this weekend visiting one of our other close friends who emigrated a few years back. I can't go with them because no childcare. I'm struggling to make new mum friends and keep having to cancel on old friends because of childcare issues. I'm so isolated at work because I'm not "one of the team" anyone since I took a step down and went part-time. I've nobody to talk to about this loneliness. If I told my mother how I felt, I'd get her usual sanctimonious bullshit about how being a mother is ^^supposed to be about being totally isolated and losing yourself. I just want to have a good cry when DD is in bed. Anyone want to join me?