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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone else?
My high school friends are scattered and a few have splintered off with time, which is normal, I suppose. Ditto college. We mainly communicate via memes or some text threads.
The adult friends I made in my 20s all are now busy with families, me included; seems there's never a great time to meet up, and some have moved.
I love my neighborhood and have cultivated some solid friendships there, originally through my kids, but the guesswork sucks. [b]I don't want to come off as too aggressive or needy, so I limit invites or texts. [/b]I thought I clicked with one person --  but several hangouts later, they basically ghosted and stopped reciprocating, our text thread went dormant, and...poof.
Anyone else in this boat? I just feel low-level stressed and somewhat lonely as a middle-aged mom.
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As a man I've found this much easier with female friends, because the amount of texting before you're considered "needy" is much higher. I have mom friends I text every day, but dads would think I was weird. I think it's hard to do any kind of get together (people are busy), but the ability to text regularly keeps me much more connected to my friends when we can see each other.

Obviously parts of all adult friendship are hard, no matter the genders involved.[/quote]

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