There's this meme in Instagram that truly resonated with me:
"Being in your 40s is weird. You're the youngest of the old people and the oldest of the young people. We are the middle child of adults."
In my social activities, I find that I'm either with young people in their 20s and 30s or seniors in their 60s and 70s. I've been wondering, where are the people in their 40s and 50s? Do they only socialize with their family?
I've been longing to have friends I can regularly hang out with who are close to my age and family status (i.e. married and with a teenage kids). It would really be nice to have someone whom I can talk to and will understand life as a spouse and a parent navigating mid-life. I do have a couple friends right now who fit the criteria but it seems they are quite occupied by their family life and the most they could give their time for friends like me would be once every couple of months.
I would really appreciate to have someone who would message me regularly to check on me or even just say hello and wish me a good day/week and vice versa. Then also that I know that someone would make time for me if I do need to have a face to face meetup, even on short notice.
I've been praying, wishing and hoping...and waiting.
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