I watched Girlfriends last night, a tv show about a group of 4 women who are friends. All are single except for one, who just had a baby. Another woman has a child but he is a big kid, I think 10 or 12. On this episode 3 of the girlfriends were in a conundrum trying to figure out how to keep Toni, the girlfriend with the little baby, involved in the group. They were used to going out all the time and spending lots of time together.

It kinda cracked me up because I have been a mom before I was an adult (I had my first child when I was 17) and in long term relationships from 16-20 and then 24-present so never had any adult time without children and just a few years as a single woman. Even when I was single I was so busy with parenting and going to college and/or working that I never had time to just hang out with my girlfriends on a regular daily or even weekly basis. I always thought such activity was strictly tv stuff, like on Girlfriends or that other show, Friends. Do single people without children really hang out like that, really spend that much time with their friends?

I definitely would like to increase the amount of time I spend with my friends but I was thinking actual face-time, maybe 2-3 times a month going out with various friends or having them over. I could also call and email all my friends more often too.