I lost all my friends without kids, as you said is hard when you have kids and they don't, they don't understand you as a mother....one of my best and close friend did not understand my postpartum depression and that I needed a time off to bond with my baby...she was thinking I could meet her as before, travel a long distances...it was a hard friendship to maintain and we stopped...other one understood that now I have other priorities and she did not want to disturb mevwith her talk , but occasionally I can contact her on WhatsApp.. is a shame...but many mothers in this situation
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Good friends will make an effort to relate to you, to participate in your world. I still have childless friends, but they all love my kids and make an effort to meet me when it's more suitable and even do things that are kids friendly (like going for a walk at the park or having coffee at a place that has children activities available). At the same time I make an effort not to just talk about kids all the time and not to make them feel like all their personal issues are small and unimportant compared to motherhood (sometimes we make them feel like they can't vent about stuff like relationships and work, because kids are so hard). Everyone needs to be flexible. Maybe you just don't have these kind of friends or maybe it's something you can work on your side, you have to evaluate if you can work on those friendships or if you just need new friends.
I feel the exact same way!!