I've been married for over 20 years, and if I'm honest with myself, should never have got married, as my husband and I don't understand each other.
Pre-pandemic my life was incredibly busy, commuting and running around after my kids. I mainly socialised with work friends, as I felt guilty going out at weekends and being away from the kids even more, although I did have one local friend and her family with kids similar ages to mine.
But now, I'm mainly working from home, commute cost is a big factor so I just can't afford to go in to the office very much (once or twice a month at the most), and also my main work friends have moved away from the city, so aren't there in the office anyway. I just feel incredibly lonely. The local friend I had seems to have moved on, our kids have always had different interests, and as they've got older they've grown apart, and she doesn't seem to want to catch up any more. (I suggest things and she says she'll get back to me.)
I've tried Peanut, but the local ladies on there are at a very different lifestyle, e.g., TTC, or with very young children. I've also looked at MeetUp, but I'm in a very small town, so nothing going on locally.
I just don't know how to meet new people, I don't really have any hobbies or anything like that where I could join a club or something, so wondering if I'm destined to feel like this forever 😞