"When my son was born, I was 26. I was a new mom, and not only did none of my good friends have kids yet, but they also didn't live close by. I didn't have anyone my own age to talk to about all of the mom things that would come up. Every time I needed parenting advice, I called my aunt, and she was patient with me."
"After a year of failed attempts, I stopped trying so hard. That's when one of my good friends had a son, and we slowly became closer over the shared experience of being a boy mom. We had been good friends in college and ever since, but becoming moms at around the same time took our friendship to a new level."
A woman became a mother at 26 without nearby friends who had children. She tried attending library story times, playgrounds, and swim lessons but struggled to bond with older, married moms. She relied on her aunt for parenting advice, but the aunt's experience was a decade earlier and less applicable. After a year of unsuccessful attempts to make mom friends, a longtime college friend had a son at a similar time, and their shared parenting deepened the relationship. The friends exchange parenting problem-solving, hand-me-downs, mutual respect, and practical support as their children grow.
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