DD is 7. I split up with her dad when she was a baby so never managed to have a second. I have a new DP but he's older and has adult children so, as lovely as it would be to have a baby with him it just wouldn't work for us.
Recently DD has been saying that she really wants a baby brother or sister because she wishes she could have someone to play with. She doesn't seem to get/mind that there would be a big age gap if I were to have another one now and that it would be ages before any sibling were old enough to play.
We live rurally and she goes to a small school which makes friendships limited. It's extremely rare for her to get invited to play (she's well liked at school and has friends but nothing's really forthcoming) and we have limited opportunities for hosting friends here due to me working full time and therefore not having after school opportunities. Weekends often end up either busy or a time when I just want to be able to relax at home and not want people over. I get that I could do with not being so selfish but DD is often exhausted too so needs that down time. When we have invited friends over they're often busy, so basically it's really rare.
Can anyone relate to this and offer words of wisdom? Just to add, she struggles with meeting new people, often being very shy so it's not easy breaking into new groups to expand her social circle.
I just wish she could be happier 