What is a normal amount of friend time when you’re married with kids?
Little back story: my husband & I moved where we currently live about 6 years ago. His entire family lives here & mine lives 2 states over. I see my family 2-3 times a year but we were extremely close before I moved.
I fell pregnant with our 3rd kid as soon as we moved here & didn’t have a chance to make connections at my job at the time. Postpartum was rough. I was always missing my family & struggled to make mom friends.
I began working when my son was a year or so & started to make connections & hanging out a little(every few months) but it wasn’t until the next job where I made strong connections with some friends. My son was getting older. He’s now almost 5. Luckily I can say I have 3 good friends but none of them know each other so I typically hang out with them separately. There’s been a few months where I’ve hung out with friends almost weekly & my spouse once told me “that is not normal for married women with children” specifically the frequency I guess.
I understand that my husband & I need to communicate & set expectations that we are both comfortable with.
But im curious, what is the norm for most couples?