i see these middle school parents still doing the whole friend group thing and yeah i know what it is... im over here feeling like a ghost when my kid's around... like what happened to me — my body just doing whatever it wants and no one even SEES me.
midlife loneliness

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like all the playdate moms? …

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just sort of drifted away... …

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