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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At this stage in my life with young kids I feel that they are different and we can’t really be friends. It’s hard to be friends of onlies TBH because having 3 is such a different ball game. Our lives at the moment are centered around our kids 100%. I think and hope that once our kids are older we can have parts of our lives back and then I don’t see why we could not be friends with childless people.

It’s not so much that I don’t like or don’t want to be friends with people like you, is that right now, we have zero in common. I hope that will change in the future.

As per what I think about them, I feel bad if they wanted to be parents, but couldn’t. Otherwise, kudos to them for choosing an adventurous and fun life![/quote]

That's really sad.  I mean, you wouldn't be friends with me because I only have one kid, but I have lots in common with my friends with no kids.  We are interested in reading and travel, we have similar senses of humor, we have shared memories, etc.  And they usually have more flexible schedules, so they are much easier to schedule time to hang out, and, frankly, it's nice to have people to talk to whose lives revolve around something other than kids.  We can have real grown-up conversations!

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