For everything there is a season

Because you have a big group of friends when your little you think you always need that. In reality, once you get married and start a family,  there is not much time left for that type of friends. 

I often wonder where my big group of friends went.  And how I enjoyed them.  But then realize I realize I replaced them with my kids.  I am investing in my own future when I am with my family.

I could easily have friends over, eating, drinking, gossiping ... but it takes lots of work to keep in a friends circle,  and frankly you open yourself up to being stepped on and taken advantage of.  The truth is, I don’t want to deal with their problems when I don’t have my own. 

I’d rather watch Netflix. 

I see single moms with group friends and then I see neglected kids.  **Friendships if not proportioned correctly once you have kids can destroy the family unit.**

For everything there is a season.  The season for a big group of friends is in your childhood.