Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 09:01     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Anonymous wrote:Not enough. A few times a month. I meet friends for long dinners. My friends have evolved since my kids were younger..the “group” from early elementary has dissipated long ago.


That’s more than a lot of us. Good for you.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 08:59     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
A couple times a week on average.

Regularly with a couple friends - coffee once or twice a week before work, or a walk.

About once a week: weeknight dinner with a friend.

Maybe once or twice a month I'll do something on a Friday or Saturday night.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 08:37     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
50, wohm full time, teen kids, i rarely now see friends. It used to be every week / 2 weeks when kids were young and I was younger.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 08:35     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
I have lunch and/or spend an afternoon with my friends a few times a month. DH and I usually will have dinner or other evening plans with couple friends most weekends when we're home or at our vacation house.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 08:29     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Short answer: lol, no.

Longer answer: I work full time in an exec role. My “social life” is waving at neighbors on walks, making pleasant small talk on bleachers, and occasionally locking eyes with another mom at a tournament like we should do dinner sometime… which we absolutely will not.

Friends without kids? Maybe a few times a year. And that’s if calendars align, children don’t have games, no one is sick, and Mercury isn’t in retrograde. “Saturday night plans” usually mean sweatpants, something half-watched on TV, and falling asleep mid-sentence.

I’m 100% mom during the week and most weekends. This season is just… this. I’m not complaining about it (I love my life, including my friends!). But, we don’t have any nearby family, and we work so hard that we try to be 100% in on our kids and family outside of work. My hypothesis is that anyone claiming weekly girls’ nights either has a live-in village, unlimited childcare, or is lying for the internet.


Not sure you’re actually interested in an answer but what people do is trade off with their spouses. Most adults are capable of watching children alone. Socializing with friends does not mean a person is not 100 percent in on kids and family.


+1 and our kids are now at the age where they can be left alone for a few hours. I have an introverted spouse so he’s home with the kids when I’m out with friends and if we go out together a few times a month, we can now leave the kids alone. It’s not that hard. My unlimited childcare is my spouse lol.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 08:08     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Not as much as I would love
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 08:02     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Short answer: lol, no.

Longer answer: I work full time in an exec role. My “social life” is waving at neighbors on walks, making pleasant small talk on bleachers, and occasionally locking eyes with another mom at a tournament like we should do dinner sometime… which we absolutely will not.

Friends without kids? Maybe a few times a year. And that’s if calendars align, children don’t have games, no one is sick, and Mercury isn’t in retrograde. “Saturday night plans” usually mean sweatpants, something half-watched on TV, and falling asleep mid-sentence.

I’m 100% mom during the week and most weekends. This season is just… this. I’m not complaining about it (I love my life, including my friends!). But, we don’t have any nearby family, and we work so hard that we try to be 100% in on our kids and family outside of work. My hypothesis is that anyone claiming weekly girls’ nights either has a live-in village, unlimited childcare, or is lying for the internet.


Not sure you’re actually interested in an answer but what people do is trade off with their spouses. Most adults are capable of watching children alone. Socializing with friends does not mean a person is not 100 percent in on kids and family.


I have a friend who is very social media heavy. She’s probably out 5 night a week according to Instagram. I actually feel badly for her kids.


That sounds extreme.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 07:43     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Short answer: lol, no.

Longer answer: I work full time in an exec role. My “social life” is waving at neighbors on walks, making pleasant small talk on bleachers, and occasionally locking eyes with another mom at a tournament like we should do dinner sometime… which we absolutely will not.

Friends without kids? Maybe a few times a year. And that’s if calendars align, children don’t have games, no one is sick, and Mercury isn’t in retrograde. “Saturday night plans” usually mean sweatpants, something half-watched on TV, and falling asleep mid-sentence.

I’m 100% mom during the week and most weekends. This season is just… this. I’m not complaining about it (I love my life, including my friends!). But, we don’t have any nearby family, and we work so hard that we try to be 100% in on our kids and family outside of work. My hypothesis is that anyone claiming weekly girls’ nights either has a live-in village, unlimited childcare, or is lying for the internet.


Not sure you’re actually interested in an answer but what people do is trade off with their spouses. Most adults are capable of watching children alone. Socializing with friends does not mean a person is not 100 percent in on kids and family.


I have a friend who is very social media heavy. She’s probably out 5 night a week according to Instagram. I actually feel badly for her kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 07:42     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I live in a retirement community. So daily.




I’m 50 and the retirement communities I’m looking at did parent’s look like so much fun.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 07:32     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Anonymous wrote:Short answer: lol, no.

Longer answer: I work full time in an exec role. My “social life” is waving at neighbors on walks, making pleasant small talk on bleachers, and occasionally locking eyes with another mom at a tournament like we should do dinner sometime… which we absolutely will not.

Friends without kids? Maybe a few times a year. And that’s if calendars align, children don’t have games, no one is sick, and Mercury isn’t in retrograde. “Saturday night plans” usually mean sweatpants, something half-watched on TV, and falling asleep mid-sentence.

I’m 100% mom during the week and most weekends. This season is just… this. I’m not complaining about it (I love my life, including my friends!). But, we don’t have any nearby family, and we work so hard that we try to be 100% in on our kids and family outside of work. My hypothesis is that anyone claiming weekly girls’ nights either has a live-in village, unlimited childcare, or is lying for the internet.


Not sure you’re actually interested in an answer but what people do is trade off with their spouses. Most adults are capable of watching children alone. Socializing with friends does not mean a person is not 100 percent in on kids and family.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 07:30     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Once or twice a month: we all have kids and mostly work. I do talk on the phone almost every day with a few longer-distance friends. I love that.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 07:16     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
I work full time with kids in high school. I have a group of friends I see most Saturday mornings for coffee. And a couple other friends I see about once a month. The Sat a.m. group will get together for dinner with our husbands every other month or so.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 00:07     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
As rarely as I can. I get plenty of socializing from work.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 00:01     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
Anonymous wrote:I live in a retirement community. So daily.


Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 23:45     Subject: How often do YOU hang out with friends?
I play tennis with friends 3x a week.