Having a bit of a bleughh day and just wanted advice. I’m 34 years old and feel I’ve been in a rut for a while. Over the past 2 or so years I’ve felt less and less connected to people I’ve always considered close friends. The reason for this is clear- their lives are following the normal trajectory for my age group and they’re all getting married and having babies. I want all of this for myself but it’s so far from my current situation I just can’t see it happening anytime soon, if at all. At the moment it’s a miracle if I get more than 5 lines of convo out of a dating app guy. I think it’s hit hard this week as 2 of my close friends have announced their pregnancies with another giving birth last week. 2 of my group WhatsApp’s have essentially morphed into parenting forums. I always comment on cute pics of their kids and ask questions etc but there’s only so much I can (or want to) join in. I am so happy for my friends and all their announcements but I feel them slipping away. Last summer I found out that there was a couples holiday in one group of friends- obviously I wasn’t invited to this as I’m not in a relationship but it stung.
I am working on myself and have joined hobby based Meetup groups, as well as intermittent online dating. However with lockdown imminent these seem like dead ends. I feel increasingly isolated among a sea of weddings/baby announcements. Has anyone been through a similar patch and it got better?
Sorry.....moan over!
I am working on myself and have joined hobby based Meetup groups, as well as intermittent online dating. However with lockdown imminent these seem like dead ends. I feel increasingly isolated among a sea of weddings/baby announcements. Has anyone been through a similar patch and it got better?
Sorry.....moan over!