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The Awkwardness in Trying to Make Friends as a New Parent
In my desperation, I’ve made several sad attempts at seeking out friendships with other Moms purely for the purpose of having someone to talk to about it with
Adult friendships naturally tend to shift as we get older. As we enter new phases in our lives, our priorities change and it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain existing friendships. Additionally, the idea of creating new friendships often seems like a daunting and impossible task.
And in an era where there’s much less pressure towards reaching certain “milestones” by a certain age, many of us are entering different stages of life at wildly different times.
Going to college, getting married, having kids, and buying a home aren’t necessarily things that happen in this exact order anymore, if ever. Instead, two thirty something year-olds can have completely different profiles —while one is married with three kids and owns a home, the other is single, getting their degree, and living with three roommates.
The societal norms and pressures to do things on a specific timeline are slowly disappearing. And with that, there’s been a growing disconnect in our ability to relate to peers within our respective age…
