Do women lose friends when they become mothers?

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Before kids, most of my friends were women who were childless by choice. Our lifestyles just didn’t mesh anymore. I missed having time with friends, but in reality, I just didn’t have much child-free time to hang out, and they weren’t enthralled with my bundle of joy.
I should say, I did not really get into “mommy and me type” groups, either. It just wasn’t my thing at all. 
The early years were fairly lonely and isolating as a result.

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I was 19 when I got pregnant. I lost a lot of friends because they wanted to party and I couldn't. They went that way and I went my way to being a mom.

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It’s not a bad thing. Kids are just a HUGE lifestyle changer. Major things like that will always push friends apart. Not necessarily because it’s wanted by either side but because it’s hard to want to go out for lunch with someone who has to bring their kid or find a baby sitter or does nothing but talk about their kids.
It just is what it is.
My best friend is childless and it’s so hard to get together because her life is just so different from mine now. I’m a stay at home mom with a toddler and 32 weeks pregnant. I can’t do half the things she likes to do.

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Yes and not because those friends are not " real" friends but because the schedule and the lifestyle no longer matches. Hence it becomes hard to work around it for both parties. 
People are still your friends but obviously you can't expect them to work around your baby's nap schedule and they can't expect you to leave your baby. 
It is nobody's fault.

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I’ve drifted away from several friends. We’d be happy to see each other if we met in the streets, but my life is very different from theirs now. I no longer have the time or disposable income to go out for dinner with them or go out shopping, etc. I’m trying to make mom friends but it’s hard

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If you have a true friend no. But ones that you think are your friends sometimes ditch you once ur a momma. I have 2 girlfriends left a bestf from 2nd grade who also has a kid and my other bestf from highschool that is a stepmom with no kids of her own that comes around and is good to my kids, shes cares more than the one with a kid. Just depends really.

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I haven’t lost any of my friends, because my friends are real and true. If your friends are real and true, they won’t be going anywhere. If your friends are fake and superficial and you have a shallow relationship, you probably won’t see them again. In that case, good riddance. Make new friends!

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Most of my friends drifted away when I got pregnant and then even more after I gave birth. They aren’t interested in kids or the fact that I don’t drink. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Where we live getting married and having kids isn't that common anymore so out of all of me and my husbands friends we are the only ones who ever want kids or has them. All our friends are ages 27-45 and nobody else has kids. Since it is something so different and they don't understand why we would want kids it can be hard for both of us. I still talk to my friends a ton via text but as they still wanna go out to bars and drink and concerts and all that for fun we dont see them much as we don't want to or can't just decided to go to a bar at 10pm. Where we live most people our age just want to be able to buy nice cars, travel, drink/party and not have to worry about taking care of a kid or not being able to spend money on whatever they want all the time. We are planning to move soon so hopefully it will be more social because my family will be around and kids are a lot more common.

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I never did nor did any of my friends or family members.

Do women lose friends when they become mothers?

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