Do you feel left out because you don't have kids?

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Having a hard night ladies :( As if not having a child isn't hard enough, I'm feeling more and more left out of family activities and friend activities because I don't have kids. I feel like other people only want to hang out with people who have kids as well when I would still love to join in even though I don't. Does anyone else feel this way?

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Yes I do feel this way too! I am 33 and this has been my life for way too long already... 😒

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Yes all the time! Literally all of my friends are pregnant or have kids & I feel like the odd ball. It's depressing :/

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Happens a lot. And not left out because I'm jealous, just that you are not included. If you are with friends and all they talk about is tantrums and breast feeding, you have nothing to add. Or only wanting to do play dates and not getting invited to kid birthday parties. Sometimes, they think you wouldn't want to go or that they are being nice but if thats the only time the girls catch up and you aren't there, it feels bad.

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I used to work at a daycare and I would always get an invite from the parents for birthday parties for the kids. I showed up to one and realized I was completely out of place. I was the absolute only one without a child. Now if I get an invite I ask if it's ok if I bring a friend w a child and it makes me feel SLIGHTLY less awkward.

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Yes, Im married and almost 31 without any children. I wish I had children

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I am 29 and all my friends and cousins my age have kids. I feel left out all the time. Sometimes it makes me very sad.

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Yes!!! All of my friends are having kids and I feel like they constantly put their child in every single conversation and I have nothing to add. Like I could ask if they're going Black Friday shopping and rather than just say no, they're like "oh I would BUT I HAVE A BABY" and I know they don't mean it in a rude way but it feels like they're belittling me or trying to say I don't understand.

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Yes! All of my married friends (4 different couples) have had babies/gotten pregnant this year. I have gone to probably 10-15 baby showers and I am so happy for them, but it's so hard at the same time.... But I just have to remind myself of the joy they have, and the joy that I will have one day. I have faith! 😍 I will be praying for your BFP! 💖💙

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Absolutely! And as I'm  struggling for a year to get my BFP, it's really hard when my friends with kids go on and on about how hard it is for them to conceive #2 or #3. Or they complain about their kids. I'd give anything to have those complaints. It's just insensitive.

Do you feel left out because you don't have kids?

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