I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I don't actually have any friends I could go out with for girlie meals or on holiday which makes me wonder if it's me or just circumstances. We left the town I grew up in when we were in our late 20's and although we made friends with the people on the housing estate around us when we moved away again we didn't keep in touch and I never really had a 'girlfriend' apart from one who lives in our home town 60 miles away. We used to spend a lot of time together when our children were little as they're the same ages but obviously when we moved that stopped and now she's surrounded by a great group of friends she goes out with regularly, goes on holiday with and who are always looking out for each other. I do have my sister in law but she also lives 40 miles away, works and has her own family around her. Our family are 2 hours away and on the other side of the world so we are literally on our own. My husband is the same and has never had a mate he could go to the pub with or a football match. We had friends from when he was in a couple of clubs - their wives are also in the WI I belong to but once we became carers for my parents they sort of drifted away and now I don't feel I belong in their circle any more and find it hard to find something to talk about if I meet them as they're all retired and several years older. I work full time from home so have no work colleagues to chat to either. I look on social media and feel envious when I see posts and photos of outings or what someone is up to that day. This makes me sound very sad I know and I'm not really that sort of person - I'm not depressed and generally quite upbeat but I do wonder if life would have been different if we'd stayed in one place. We were married and had a child at 17 so missed out on all the nightlife and partying that went on around us which is probably when you make your lifelong friends. It does worry me a bit when I think of the day one of us will be on our own and who we will have to turn to. Does anyone else feel the same?
Baby Reindeer - anyone watched it?
Alphabetical girls and boys names January 2024