Is There a Secret Cold War between Marrieds & Singled?
Something odd happens when you get married and your friends are still single...they keep going to the same great parties and bars and you start staying home with your hubby and kids for movie night and a home cooked meal. Why do we seperate ourselves from our single friends? Is it because the single friend that you used to have doesn't come in a package deal now?
One bad thing that comes from having married friends when you are married, is that there is always a play date set up to get together with your married friend. If the hubby has a friend with a girlfriend or wife, you now have to become friends, or at best, civil with that significant other so that your hubby can still enjoy his friend. Same goes with women. We love to set our men up with the hubby of our girlfriend and see what happens, just so that we can get some quality time with our bff. We think, he likes video games...you like video games...you will have no trouble getting along! Good thing is that men are easy to throw in a room together if they both like video games. They will tough it out. Bad thing is that women are not as simple and easy as men when it comes to play dates.
The alternative is to have a seperate "life" for your single friends and your marriage to your spouse. I plan single friend outings and leave my hubby at home to play with his online friends on some occasions. At least I don't have to endure awkward conversations between my single friend and my hubby if I do it that way!
Have you been set up on a married play date? What do you do to stay in connection with your single friends if married? If single, how to you keep in touch with your married friends?
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