Lonely even though I have a family

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4d ago1 min read

This might sound weird but I feel really isolated lately. I have two kids and a wife and I still feel completely alone. Work has been brutal, my friends have drifted away, and by the time everyone goes to bed I'm too tired to talk to my wife about anything real. I know I need to do something about this but don't even know where to start. Has anyone been through something similar?

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EEdRegular3d ago

Real talk, I felt this way hard after my second kid was born. Still working a ton and somehow I felt more alone than ever. You're not weird for feeling this way at all.

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MMarcoNew Dad3d ago

Same boat here between two houses with my kids. The logistics and back and forth make it hard to really connect sometimes even though I'm always in dad mode. Might help to find one thing that's just yours, not kid related.

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MMarcoNew Dad3d ago

This is something more dads should talk about. The feeling of being surrounded but still isolated is real. Have you thought about talking to someone about it? No shame in that game.

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