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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I have been married 26 years.  For the first 5 years he became friends with people at his work and then the spouses became friends.  We would BBQ, hike, happy hour etc... with other couples.

We then moved out of the area and had kids and I was the one making friends.  He said it was hard to make friends at his job because he was now a manager.
It was easy for me as I made friends with moms at preschool and elementary school.

Now our kids are older and I substitute teach at 6 different schools part time so I don't make work friends.  I have lost my elementary school mom friends due to their divorce,  drama that happened to my daughter in middle school (I was friends with my Dd's friends' moms) they moved away or we just slowly faded.

DH hasn't made a single friend we became couple friends with for 20 years, and honestly, I'm socially exhausted.   I have stopped making an effort and it reflects that we no longer have friends as we spent the last year's worth of holidays alone.  I think about my DDs wedding in like 5-8 years and  wouldn't have anyone but family to invite.

Is anyone else like me?

Am i expecting too much for my husband to make friends and stop relying on me for a social life? [/quote]

I think you need a full-time job if you are concerned about things like this.  And it seems odd that all of your mom friendships have fizzled out.  Think about why that happened and try to fix it.

Don't you have family to spend holidays with?[/quote]

Two got divorced and left their married life behind, five moved away
I lost four friends due to middle school drama.  (I was friends with my daughter's friends'moms.).  Several have faded away.

Our family is 2500 miles away. 
I started making friends at DD's after school sport, but there was a safety concern and DH decided she should switch to a new place that is less social.
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