Friends with Kids
Mar 12th, 2012 by Ashley
Today, after three failed attempt of having lunch or dinner with friends, it came to me that I am now at a age when friends disappear. We are either engross with our jobs, or busy with building a family, bringing up offspring. Things that we do before, concerts, theatre, wine tasting (or weekend drinking party at a vacation rental), road trips, Vegas, etc etc, suddenly get marked as low priority. Even with those who are not burdened (I mean blessed) with a family, things that we used to enjoy so much has become one of those been-there-done-that.
And I saw a clip of this new Jon Hamm movie, Friends with Kids. I was like “oh my god, this is what I’m going through.”
Look at my mom, who’s in her 50s. Now her friends starts to come back. High school BFFs, college pals. Some of them retired, some of them at a place where moving upward is no longer a priority, or option. With kids going on their own ways, like me, 6500 miles away, they once again found each other.
Am I going to have to wait for another 20 (ugh, I mean 30) years to get my friends back?
I got totally sidetracked.
I was going to rant about people who say”We’re pregnant” when in fact only the woman is pregnant. I know it’s supposed to be politically correct, showing her or people that you’re in IT together. But come on it’s not correct . By definition, pregnant means having a child or other offspring developing in the body; do you have a child growing inside of you? Then no. You’re not pregnant, she is.