Is their a reason my friend repeats this all of the time?

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Known friend for 6 years lovely person, very good friend of mine, got kids round the same age, we text near enough most days, but for nearly the whole of our children’s lives she mentions every time we text how clingy both children are. I used to reply, maybe put he/she down for 5 to have a break/ get something done, give her advice as my own children were clingy at some point or another, but then I noticed it’s all she constantly says, even if we’re off topic she’ll mention *** is being clingy, it’s just getting boring now and not to sound horrible she really doesn’t help herself with it as she constantly and I mean constantly picks both children up ( no bother to me I’m just sick of her repeating this almost daily) I’ve started to not aknowledge it now I don’t really understand why she says it constantly. And btw I have nothing against holding your children as much you want as I was the same with my own, but Christ I don’t want to hear about it every time we message! And her children are not babies anymore.

I think your friend is probably hoping for empathy, rather than advice. She's repeating herself because it's important to her but she's not feeling heard. Maybe try acknowledging that it's hard having a clingy one and not having much time to yourself

Is it her way of saying she's got to go she's busy right now. Like a polite way to end a conversation

I don’t think it’s any of those, if anything it’s me who shuts down the conversation. I’ve acknowledged it repeatedly for years, but now it’s just tiresome, she told me the children won’t go to her husband but at a meal we were all at her child was cuddling upto her husband and she snatched the child away. Again that day she told me they were clingy and won’t go to their dad :/ but it’s not what I have seen. Not to be horrible to my friend but i find it really odd.

Have you tried asking her if she wants advice or just wants to vent?