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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um, back to OP…
Just listen if she wants to talk and don’t push if she doesn’t. 
Personally, I found it irritating as f for people to ask about dating. It felt like they would be more comfortable if I was a couple then a single mom. Maybe that’s just me though. 
I don’t know how close you are but simple things like “hey I’m doing a Costco run, need anything?” Or offering to help out with random days off from school or drop offs/ pick ups. One of my neighbors was really wonderful about that and we ended up becoming better friends.[/quote]

This.

Do couples friends all dump you once you divorce and are single parenting?  I guess there goes the beach and ski house share trips…. [/quote]

Yes, most do. It was the worst part of divorce, for me. That blindsided me. [/quote]

Same.  Friends I'd had for 25 years, since high school.[/quote]

Fear of contagion. It hits too close to home. Or they might be worried their husbands might want to be with OP, irrational as that might be. But I have a couple divorced friends and it has not impacted our friendship at all.

OP, I would follow their cues. Just be there for them, as I assume you always have been. [/quote]

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