tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669055632604883890.post5886260425249032697..comments2023-04-26T10:58:05.940+01:00Comments on My Ponderings: Childfree and smiling at squirrels.ElizabethR1533http://www.blogger.com/profile/01006378624986983074noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669055632604883890.post-67911725011395525842011-06-27T17:26:32.602+01:002011-06-27T17:26:32.602+01:00i can't stand spending time with my friends an...i can't stand spending time with my friends and their kids. since the kids trend began, i've noticed that there's no time at all for real conversations. everything has to be censored, and even if we're talking on the phone there are inevitable interruptions or emergency hangups. <br /><br />i find it frustrating but also sad that at a point in their lives when women often feel they need the most support/understanding it is virtually impossible to offer it to them.<br /><br />we can't have the deep conversations that we used to. i don't know anything about their desires, needs, fears, motivations, etc... that kind of sharing contributes to strong emotional bonds in a friendship. needless to say i've been on the hunt for new, childfree friends lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com