It's disconcerting. And I don't like it.
I get invited to go out for drinks with friends, and no longer do I feel like their conversations engage me. I am surrounded by women with whom I no longer feel a connection; whose goals and values seem to........run opposite to mine.
Am I imagining it, or am I just getting older and pickier and more cynical, the way I was when I was a mere 19-year-old, no longer fascinated with the world around me and jaded before my time? Perhaps it's just because I prefer the company of my family............
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i think you have very much hit the nail on the head. The older I get the more I enjoy just the simple things of life. Family and a few close friends. Nothing better. And you know what. I Love It :)
I think it's because our online friends are much more fun to hang out with. ;-)
We all do this. Just go with it. Family is the most important thing to me too. I didn't used to be, but it is now. Quite normal.
Have a terrific day. :)
Or you love us more?
well...maybe!
I hear there are only a finite number of conversations you can have with one group of people, so maybe you've reached your limit?
Wait...I think I'm mixed up. It's only a finite number of hits in a baseball bat.
OK...never mind.
It happens. People change, relationships change. Time for new friends!
I prefer to hang out with my family too. My wife, on the other hand, is quite the chatter box at social gatherings.
I know EXACTLY what you mean. We noticed it among our social circle too a few years ago. To be honest we found we preferred the company of a smaller group anyway and now whittled it down to just three other couples who we'll meet for dinner, etc. Funny how people change.
I've always felt like that. Always been a "fish out of water" as it were. And as an adult, in a world filled with working moms and stay-at-home moms, being a childless wife is very separating. I think, though, that you were probably right - as we age, things change and our perspectives change, and our needs/wants don't always align with those that they might have in the past. (Boy, that was a weird sentence!). I think wanting to spend time with your family is the best thing on this earth though, so I applaud you for that. I'd pick that over drinks with friends seven days of the week :)
I concur. As our priorities shift, so do our prospectives.
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