Lonely in motherhood
I hate to admit it but after 20 months, I can’t deny it - I’m so lonely.
I’m a (for the most part) happy SAHM. We’ve moved around quite a bit for my hubbys work and as a result I don’t have a group of friends close by, let alone a group of mum friends.
I try to take my LB to classes but I find mums can be so clicky there, as much as I try to smile and engage.
I’m neurodivergent which means I struggle to see a lot of these situations for what they are, and it puts an emphasis on my low self esteem.
But I just feel so lonely. My hubby is great and very helpful and understanding, but he can’t understand what it is to be a mum, let alone a lonely one.
I live away from my family and my mom died 7 years ago. I’ve tried to spark a couple of friendships up over this app, but I don’t know if you’ve found this but it can fizzle out quite quickly.
I don’t know why I’m writing this.
I guess I didn’t think about this part of it when I thought about being a mum because I honestly find this bit the hardest.
Maybe I can let someone else know they’re not the only lonely one, or they can let me know I’m not 🤣
Happy Friday 🤣🍷✌🏼
Definitely not the only one - I am just posting to send solidarity and love! Have you tried tiny talk - baby sign language classes - they have 30 mins of activities and 30 mins of chatting with other parents and I have found it to be more inclusive and easier to strike up conversations/friendships there than some other groups xx