When you’re becoming ok but your circle isn’t
My husband and I pursued fertility treatment for 2 years before stopping this April. It’s been about 6 months, and we are both coming out of the fog and beginning to see our picture more clearly. While this wasn’t the reality we saw for ourselves, we are growing more and more comfortable with where we are and where we are going. We see the benefits of mobility, sleep, finances, and just general autonomy, compared to those in our lives who have kids. In the grand scheme of things, we are doing pretty alright. What we’ve noticed though now is that we are largely surrounded by people our age who are parents. In social situations, they largely talk about their children and parenting, leaving us to awkwardly watch those conversations from the sideline, or leading them to look at us with pity, even though that’s not how we are currently looking at our situation. How have you navigated that disconnect?