Feeling very right now and need to vent a bit
I've always been a very popular person, had tons of friends and they've been very important to me.
But now have two dds, 3 and 1, work four days a week from home and my friendships seem to be unravelling at the speed of light.
A lot of it is fitting in neither camp, because I work from home have no work mates and have little time to cultivate mummy mates (have absolutely no idea how you do that anyway as have no practice and find the whole idea of nobbling other mums v scary). Am in London and old friends usually live too far away to see easily with small kids - it can take an hour and a half to get to them and then you have to turn back. The answer might be to go out a bit in the evenings but I am exhausted, dd2 is an early riser and if I'm not in bed by 10 at the latest I really struggle the next day so that puts a huge dampener on things. Basically I feel very lonely to the point where I am wondering if I'm getting depressed. I keep looking forward to a point in the future when dd2 sleeps a bit more and I might be able to have some kind of social life again but that could be three or four years away! Anyway, just wondering if others feel the same and if this is an inevitable part of motherhood for some or if I am doing something wrong, in which case advice very welcome! Am normally such a happy person, so am finding this hard
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does anyone else find motherhood has made them lonelier than ever?
mrsshackleton · 17/06/2008 14:26
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