What;s the relationship status of your closest friends?

[Anonymous]

I’m 38 and married with 2 kids. Of closest friends they are:
38/43 yo Married no kids
40/45 Married no kids
38/38 Dating no kids
37 Single woman
36 Single woman
32 Single man

We do have friends with kids we are just not as close with them and normally only hang out with them if it’s a play date, sleepover, watching kids as a favor, etc.

[Anonymous]

33, married, 3 kids

Closest friends are all recently married (less than 5 years), a couple are in LTRs hoping for an engagement soon, and only 2 (out of 10) have kids (1 each)

[Anonymous]

I have has the same best friend for 56 years.

That reminds me, I need to call her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Early 50s, different friend groups (NOVA and from back home in Midwest), all with at least 2 degrees:

1 married for 15y+, no kids;
1 partnered for 20Y+, no kids;
1 married (OBGYN) 15y+, 6 kids;
1 married (RN) 20y+, 5 kids;
1 married 20y+, 5 kids;
2 divorced after 15y+, no kids;
1 divorced (top of class at UM and Northwestern) after 10y+, no kids, living in A2 and it’s like she hasn’t left school.

I forget how common it is to have lots of kids in other parts of the country. I kind of love it.

[Anonymous]

Somehow the women I end up being friends with are mostly divorced, some single, only like 2 are still married. I’m married. I SAH so maybe moms who only have their kids half the time are the only ones who have time for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early 50s, different friend groups (NOVA and from back home in Midwest), all with at least 2 degrees:

1 married for 15y+, no kids;
1 partnered for 20Y+, no kids;
1 married (OBGYN) 15y+, 6 kids;
1 married (RN) 20y+, 5 kids;
1 married 20y+, 5 kids;
2 divorced after 15y+, no kids;
1 divorced (top of class at UM and Northwestern) after 10y+, no kids, living in A2 and it’s like she hasn’t left school.

I forget how common it is to have lots of kids in other parts of the country. I kind of love it.

It's not really common anywhere in this country outside of certain religious groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early 50s, different friend groups (NOVA and from back home in Midwest), all with at least 2 degrees:

1 married for 15y+, no kids;
1 partnered for 20Y+, no kids;
1 married (OBGYN) 15y+, 6 kids;
1 married (RN) 20y+, 5 kids;
1 married 20y+, 5 kids;
2 divorced after 15y+, no kids;
1 divorced (top of class at UM and Northwestern) after 10y+, no kids, living in A2 and it’s like she hasn’t left school.

I forget how common it is to have lots of kids in other parts of the country. I kind of love it.

Ha! I posted too quickly and forgot to say the ones with 5 and 6 kids live in NOVA. I left it knowing people would assume the big families lived outside the DMV. And no … they aren’t Morman either.

[Anonymous]

40s and 50s.

All married. First marriage. All with kids.

Happy? More or less, I suppose. Mostly resigned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:40s and 50s.

All married. First marriage. All with kids.

Happy? More or less, I suppose. Mostly resigned.

Same. Most common in high SES areas.