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[quote=Anonymous]I’d love to make adult friends but get the impression that friendships are mostly about children. Most moms I know seem to completely lose themselves to motherhood. I truly don’t understand it and assume there’s something wrong with me because I love my kids but don’t completely revolve my life around them.

I enjoy going out to eat, grabbing drinks, sports, traveling etc. Thankfully my DH enjoys the same because no one else seems to want to do these things with me.

Just last weekend I met a new neighbor who paid $3.4 mm in cash for her home.  She has a FT nanny and a PT job. I mentioned I was going out to dinner that evening with my DH, and her response was “oh that’s so nice you do  date nights. We haven’t been out together in ages.”  It’s not time or money that’s keeping this couple from spending time together.  If she can’t go to dinner with her own spouse there is little hope she’d want to spend time with me without her kids. My only hope for a friendship with her would be a family activity but it’s difficult to hold a conversation with young kids around.

Does anyone know what’s going on?  Why would someone spend their 20s and early 30s socializing, have kids, and then never socialize again unless kids are around??
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