Babies can make friendships go up in flames – The Tennessean

The Tennessean

May 11, 2010

…Kids can do a number on friendships — eating up the time previously
reserved for lengthy phone calls, girls’ night out, basketball with the
guys.When a
circle of friends starts having kids around the same time, the pals tend
to give each other a pass. But when one friend has kids and the other
doesn’t, the dynamics of that friendship get trickier…

"No relationship is perfect and neither are friendships," says Irene S.
Levine, author of Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your
Best Friend (Overlook Press). "Kids are always a challenge that
upsets the balance, but if you talk about it you can often work it out."

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Category: KEEPING FRIENDS