Sugarkane Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I've found this to be quite true. Don't you need more support when you become a first time parent, not less? I find this to be pretty discriminating against people who are childless. Yet somehow parents complain that they don't get enough adult interaction.
Silly_Girl Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I genuinely can't think of when I've seen it. However for my friends with young ones who also work I know it's harder to carve out time when the child is very young.
Author Sugarkane Posted March 14, 2013 Author Posted March 14, 2013 I genuinely can't think of when I've seen it. However for my friends with young ones who also work I know it's harder to carve out time when the child is very young. I get that they're busy and all. But why do you have to cut off childless people just because some people don't have children?
Art_Critic Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 The top 2 of my wife's best friends are childless. They spend as much time together as the friends with kids. I do think some natural selection or filtering occurs though, as a parent you are just around more adults that have kids so some of your new friendships the people will have kids and there is only so much time so some of the friendships my fall by the waist side and those may be childless.
Silly_Girl Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 I get that they're busy and all. But why do you have to cut off childless people just because some people don't have children? I have seen childless people steer clear of parents because they aren't able to/don't want to do the same type of activities as they used to. 1
pink_sugar Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 I know this happens and it also happens the other way around as well. Of course you cannot go out as much with your childless friends as you used to, thus is the sacrifice for having kids. This is a lot like in high school, where once your friend gets a boyfriend, you hardly hear from them after that.
Lauriebell82 Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 I have seen childless people steer clear of parents because they aren't able to/don't want to do the same type of activities as they used to. Yep, that's what happened to us. We lost a few friends after we had our son (their doing, not our's). I still have friends who are childless, but it seems like they get bored when I talk about my son. I like hanging out with them, but I do like my mom friends because we can swap "kid stories" and I feel free to talk about my son as much as I please.
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