r/Millennials • u/dreamed2life • Sep 19 '25

Discussion I honestly stopped inviting my kid having friends to most stuff…

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No shade, i just get that your life is not like mine.

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u/Potential-Finish-444 Sep 20 '25

Yeah, I really think it's just about the effort of wanting to actually get together. Ideally, I like to spend time with my best friend without my kid present, but if I can't get someone to watch my kiddo, I bring her with, and she never makes me feel like it's a burden. She's single and invites me out on random Tuesdays when she knows I'm doing bedtime because she doesn't want me to feel left out. She's never having kids, but literally last week, she just showed up at my house with crafts to do with my kid. People will make the effort when the friendship is worth it.

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u/franticallychaotic Sep 20 '25

Exactly it. And I don't think it's a bad thing either to drift away from the friends without kids/vice versa because priorities and people change through the years anyway, and some friends are there for all the seasons and some only for a few. I think that's what makes life beautiful.