Becoming a mom changes all aspects of your life. Your priorities shift and then shift again. You no longer have yourself as your primary concern. Even your partner gets pushed into the background a little bit as the baby takes the lead.
Going out for dinner and drinks with friends quickly becomes a thing of the past
On the other hand, I also find that I don’t want to be away from my kids very often
There is only so much time on the weekend, and I want to spend a lot of it with my kids and husband. Our time is so limited during the week with work and other things, and my family is now my priority. Friends are not at the top of the list any longer.
Having children is so all-consuming that it is hard to find time just for friends, but sometimes you do need to separate and see them. You realize who are the ones you fight to keep, and the rest of them naturally fall off. You are more selective now about how you spend your time, and that's how it has to be.
I may have fewer friends than I used to, but the friends I do still have are the ones worth keeping. Recognizing who you need to keep in your life and who you don’t frees up a lot of time. In friendship, it's more about quality than quantity anyway, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
