Mamas with no siblings, how do you get by?

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I have two sisters (one I’m not talking to and the other I’m about to cut off). How do you mamas with no siblings socialize, vent, express your issues or concerns about your kids etc? Do you all merely rely on friends? The two closest friends I have aren’t mothers so I can’t connect with them in that way. I don’t know what to do as far as who I can confide in. I’m a lonely mama right now.

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I have a brother whom I only say happy birthday, happy thanksgiving, and merry christmas to. I have a step-sister whom I've disowned. I talk to my mom, my husband, and my best friend. I don't really vent though. I don't find it necessary to vent.  My best friend doesn't have kids, but whe worked in a daycare for years and adores her God daughters. I don't really feel like it's hard without siblings and I'm not quite understanding why it would be.

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So I have a brother but he ended up becoming an addict and we stopped being close because he started abusing me, it had been 7 years and so now he’s finally clean but it’s like I don’t know him…I’m learning an entire new person as he’s learning me and making amends. I hit a point in life where it has been so long that I don’t want to say I stopped caring but it stopped hurting as much. Now if I need to vent and not to my fiancé it’s usually to his sisters or my best friend or my mom. My fiancés sisters have become my sisters it feels like.

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I don’t talk to my brother about anything really. It’s one friend, my husband, and my mom.  I’ll also vent to coworkers at times as long as it’s appropriate and such.

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Im the oldest of 3 and my sister is 10yrs younger than me. Me and my brother are 2yrs apart have no relationship AT ALL. We don’t speak we don’t know where he lives nor have a working number for him. He has no relationship with my kids and has only seen my youngest a handful of times. My brother has never met my husband and we have been married almost 4yrs. My sister used to live with us but she has moved. Me and her do talk from time to time but its not long. She lived with us a whole year and barely spoke or hung out. My husband comes from a big family (youngest of 7) I envy him because at least he actually talks to some of his siblings.

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I have 4 brothers, two of them with kids, but we aren’t really close. My mom even messaged me last year saying “I met Samuel today!” And I was like “who’s Samuel?” And she said he was my brother’s two week old baby. Didn’t even know they had a baby. He told me in a fb message at the beginning of the pregnancy but said it was too early for me to tell anyone, so when I never heard about it again I thought maybe his gf lost the baby. 🤷🏻 
I’m pregnant with my first and I’ll be ranting to my best friend, and my husband, but not to my family.

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I’m an only child.
I talk to one friend and my husband.

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I have four brothers and five sisters and have never really had a relationship with them. I’ve been on my own since u was 13 so I’ve really learned to deal with things in my own over the years. I just don’t expect anyone to be there for me when I need someone apart from my husband. Yeah sometimes I get lonely and wished I had someone else like a sister or mother to talk to especially about pregnancy and what not…. But I’ve never known the feeling so I don’t know much of what I’m missing out on 🤷‍♀️

Mamas with no siblings, how do you get by?

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